Name | Telford, Carlisle Owen ‡ |
Rank | Sergeant / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 39537138 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #80 dated 29 April 1944, effective 29 April 1944. |
Duty | Togglier |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 19 July 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 7261⇓ (18.533 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. MacFarlane, Menzies James⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Jacobs, Bernard Richard, "Jake"⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Kinzer, James Brooks, Jr⇗ | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Ziegler, Pete Frank⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
SGT. Telford, Carlisle Owen | Togglier | POW |
S/SGT. Sheppard, George Raeburn⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | CT |
S/SGT. Doughty, Walter Warren⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Martin, Eldon LeRoy, Jr⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | CT |
SGT. Latourette, Frank Richard⇗ | Tail Gunner | CT |
SGT. Caster, George Edward⇗ | Flexible Gunner | CT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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106⇗ | 12 May 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
107⇗ | 13 May 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Components Factory. Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Poznań, Poland |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Turned back at 1326 hrs with battle damage to #2 engine, which had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗ |
108⇗ | 15 May 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97237⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
109⇗ | 19 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
114⇗ | 24 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Military Installations Type: Military Location: Berlin, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑107057⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group. Ground Spare aircraft. Replaced 42‑97447. Sortie Report⇗ |
132⇗ | 10 June 1944 |
Target: Chateau Bougon Airfield (41A) & Vannes Airfield (41B) Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Nantes & Vannes, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
141⇗ | 20 June 1944 |
Target: Oil Refineries Type: Oil Industry Location: Harburg (Hamburg area), Germany |
Togglier | 44‑6080⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
142⇗ | 21 June 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
144⇗ | 22 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lille (Fives district), France |
Togglier | 44‑6149⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
145⇗ | 24 June 1944 |
Target: German Vacuum Oil Company Type: Oil Industry Location: Oslebshausen (Bremen area), Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
146⇗ | 25 June 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge & Embankment Type: Transportation Location: Sens, France |
Togglier | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
147⇗ | 27 June 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Storage Depot) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Saint-Martin-L'Hortier, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑97367⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead, 41st B section. Sortie Report⇗ |
157⇗ | 13 July 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Munich / München, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97263⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
159⇗ | 17 July 1944 |
Target: Beautor Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Beautor, France |
Togglier | 42‑97237⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
160⇗ | 18 July 1944 |
Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde & Zinnowitz, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
161⇗ | 19 July 1944 |
Target: Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Höllriegelskreuth District, Pullach, Germany |
Togglier | 42‑97449⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead group. Hit by enemy aircraft after bombs away; seen falling back from formation and go into a spin, then pulled up, then went spinning down a second time; belly landed 2 km east of Mils, Austria. MACR 7261 Sortie Report⇗ |