Fort Worth Star-Telegram
3 Mar 1943



He is buried in
Brittany American Cemetery
St James, France

John E Carpenter Jr
flew in  "the Boomerang"
They were shot down16 Feb 1943. Their target - the submarine pens at
St Nazaire, France
He was the navigator

He was Killed in Action but 8 made it out and
where taken POW. 2 "Evaded".
16 Feb 1943

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Buried Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
St James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

The Family placed a memorial stone in Whitesboro's Oakwood Cemetery