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CMSgt Don Skinner-Deceased
to remember
Carignan, Richard J., SSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Last Address
353rd Bomb Squadron
St. Donat, Algeria
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Casualty Date
Apr 13, 1943 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Italy |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Sicily-Rome, Italy |
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Walls of the Missing |
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1941-1942, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
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1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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1942-1942, AAF MOS 611, 353rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
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1942-1943, AAF MOS 611, 301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Last Known Activity
Richard J. Carignan was born in New Hampshire in 1917. He was a son of Leon and Augustine A. Carignan. The US Censuses 1930 and 1940 place the family in Lebanon, New Hampshire, with the annotation in 1940 that Leon was a "widower."
Carignan enlisted in the Army Air Forces on November 24. 1941. His enlistment documents state he had completed grammar school, but no civilian occupation is noted.
He received training as an aerial gunner, then assigned to the 301st Bomb Group in England. He was transferred to North Africa in October, 1942, when the 301st was moved to that location. He flew missions over North Africa, Sicily, and the Italian mainland.
On April 13, 1943, the aircraft was part of a formation that set out to bomb the Castel-Veterano Airdrome in Sicily. There are no details given as to the actual fate of this aircraft. The MACR merely states "Failed to return."
All the crew were listed as Missing in Action, then on April 14, 1944, a Finding of Death was issued, changing their status to KIA.
Sgt Carignan is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing in the Rome-Sicily American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy.
www.findagrave.com
www.ancestry.com
www.301stbg.com/Missions_Macrs.cfm
www.honorstates.org/index
US Census 1930
US Census 1940
NARA Enlistment Records
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Comments/Citation
SSgt Richard J. Carignan was the assigned tail gunner on B-17F # 41-24394, named "Hockamoloko Jock VI BB," assigned to the 353rd Bomb Squadron. No explanation of the name has been located.
Missing Air Crew Report 16302 was issued, but merely gives aircraft identification, a crew listing, and the notation "Failed to return." Mission loading lists show the crew to have been:
1 Lt Jerry E. Thomas p
1 Lt Duke D. Cummings c-p
1 Lt Harry A. Wann, Jr. nav
1 Lt William E. Loewecke bomb
TSgt Julius J. Jacobs eng/tt gun
TSgt Joel B. Busby r/o
SSgt Ray O. Weeks btg
SSgt James Agee wg
Sgt Robert F. Nance photo
SSgt Richard J. Carignan tail gunner
Ranks and grades as of mission date.
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