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| Tom Carroll, High Wycombe, Summer, 1943 |
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| Current Address: |
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67 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840 |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Thomas and Johanna; Children: Jeffrey, Jeremiah, James, Matthew, Charles |
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| Hometown: |
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Manhattan, New York, NY |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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June, 1941 |
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| Service Number: |
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12028482, 0436762 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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40th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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England (March, 1942) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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3 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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24 |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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MIT Jun 1941-Feb 1942 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Meteorology |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Lt. Col. |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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January 13, 1946 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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January 13, 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Business Executive, President & CEO of Lever Bros, New York City |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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| In the spring of 1942, I went with the 97th Bomb Group (B-17s) to England. This was the first heavy U.S. bomber to arrive and we were warmly greeted. In the summer of 1942, I was transferred to the 8th Bomber Command at Wycombe Abbey, in High Wycombe.
My job was to forecast the weather over Europe for bombing raids. I was 23 years old at the time. In 1943, I went with the B-29s to China and India and we bombed Japan. Then the Marianas Islands were captured by the Marines and we moved to Tinian.
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| Tom Carroll, Tucson, AZ, Summer, 2003 |
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