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Carson Wilks Carrington  Carson Wilks Carrington
Male 1921 - 1944

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  • Birth  24 Oct 1921  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  23 Sep 1944  Venlo, , Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: His plane was shot down in WWII 
    Obituary  11 May 1950  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gazette 
    • Return Body of Pilot to U.S.
      Lt. C.W. Carrington
      To Be Reburied In Arlington Cemetery
      One of Callaway County's war heroes, Lt. Carson W. Carrington, who was killed in Europe on September 23, 1944, will be re-buried in Arlington National Cemetery on May 19, according to word received here by parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.D. (Jack) Carrington.
      Lt. Carrington's body had been buried in the United States Military Cemetery in Neuville, en-Condroz, Belgium.
      The 24 year-old pilot of a Marauder bomber was one of a six-man crew shot down on a combat mission to Venlo, Holland. He was on this 65th mission. He had entered the Air Force in November, 1940, and had been overseas since February, 1944. He was a graduate of the Fulton High School, had attended the University of Missouri for a year, and had been in the National Guard.
      Mr. and Mrs. Carrington and their daughter, Mrs. David W. Herring of Robinson, Ill., and their son, Rex Owen Carrington, are planing to go to Washington to attend the services.
    Buried  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I366  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2011 
     
    Father  Carson Dillard Carrington,   b. 5 Apr 1901, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1978, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Leona Wilks,   b. 25 Mar 1900, Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1957, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  23 Dec 1919  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F44  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos
    Carrington, Carson, Nadine, Rex    		Carrington, Carson, Nadine, Rex
    Carson Wilks Carrington, the last time he was home, my mother, Iris Nadine Carrington, and their younger brother Rex Carrington. Picture taken in 1943 at the Bluff Street house in Fulton, Missouri.
    Carrington Family 1937    		Carrington Family 1937
    Mary Leona Wilks Carrington and two of her children, Iris Nadine and Carson Wilks Carrington. Picture taken 1937 in Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    Carrington, Carson Wilks    		Carrington, Carson Wilks
    Carson Wilks Carrington, 1921 - 1944, s/o Carson Dillard Carrington and Mary Leona Wilks. Picture taken in Fulton, Missouri, last time home, 1943. He was my uncle.
    Carrington Family 1928    		Carrington Family 1928
    Carson Dillard "Jack" Carrington, Mary Leona Wilks Carrington, children Carson W. and Iris Nadine Carrington, picture taken 1928. My grandparents, my mother, and my uncle.
     
    Military
    Newspaper article - Carson W. Carrington To Recieve Advanced Training In Arizona    		Newspaper article - Carson W. Carrington To Recieve Advanced Training In Arizona
    Fulton Missouri newpaper article about the graduation from Marana Basic Flying of my uncle, Carson Wilks Carrington.
     
  • Notes 
    • Pilot, Lt. Carson W Carrington 344th Bomb Group, 494th Bomb Squadron. 23rd September 1944 shot down by flak over Venlo, Holland in B26 42-107679 K9-M Silver Streaks 60th mission

      Carson Carrington is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. He was my Uncle.

      42-107679 K9-M MACR 9735 344th BG 494th BS
      Pilot 1st Lt. C.W. Carrington
      Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Frank Brackoneski
      Bombardier 2nd Lt. S.F. Thistlewaite
      Engineer Gunner S/Sgt. Wayne L. Martin
      Radio Gunner Sgt. G.H. Roesser
      Tail Gunner S/Sgt. M.J. Flynn
      The target for this mission (#147) was Marshalling Yards at Venlo, Holland. From the 344th BG history book:" ...we were to attack the Venlo marshalling yard but were unable to attack our objective. The mission was hotly contested by the enemy and three of the 36 planes dispatched were lost to enemy action, 18 of the personnel in these planes placed on a missing status and 16 planes damaged, causing minor repairs to be made."
     
  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Oct 1921 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: His plane was shot down in WWII - 23 Sep 1944 - Venlo, , Limburg, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Gazette - 11 May 1950 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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