Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Second Class Arthur David Carter.
Unit/Placed in, Torpedo Squadron 24 (VT-24) Air Group 24-USS Belleau Wood (CV-24), United States Naval Reserve.
Arthur is born on23 December 1922 in New York, New York County, New York.
Father, David Thomas Carter.
Mother, Florence Carter.
Arthur enlisted the service in New York with service number # 7064889.
Arthur‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a Grumman TBF Avenger were,
LtJg. Ernest W. Wood Jr. Pilot
Arm2. Arthur D. Carter Radio Operator
Aom2. Robert B. Wagenknecht Rear Gunner
Arthur was KIA/MIA during the mission, they were conducting a “glide bombing” on Truk Island after the Bomb drop they were hit by AA and crashed in sea on 29 April 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal with Gold Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Arthur is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.justinmuseum.com/milphotos/dorr2.html
https://www.vf31.com/sorties/truk_april.html
https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ROHSBV&type=Person&ID=570363
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
The carriers then headed north and struck the Japanese base at Truk on 29 April. BELLEAU WOOD covered strikes launched by other carriers with her usual CAP and ASP flights. The next day, her task group turned toward Ponape in the Caroline Islands, and she launched fighter sweeps in conjunction with a bombardment of the island by American battleships on 1 May. The warships then steamed to the Marshalls, arriving in Kwajalein lagoon on 4 May. Two “Avengers,” one “Hellcat,” and their crews were lost during these operations.
29 April 1944 Strike #2D, 4 aircraft launched at 1300 for a general-purpose bombing strike on Satawan Atoll. Pilot Lieutenant(jg) E. W. Wood, Jr A-V(N), USNR with Carter, A.D., ARM2c and Wagenkecnt, R. B. AOM2c. Some large, rectangular buildings resembling barracks were observed on Etal Island (Etal or Ettal is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia), As Lieutenant was pulling out of his last dive at an altitude of approximately 1500 feet after releasing his bombs, his plane was apparently hit by light A/A from one of several positions located in a marshy area between the North end of the runway and the North point of the island. Lieutenant(jg) Wood’s plane pulled up sharply, trailing a long cloud of vapor, to a height of approximately 2000 feet, then rolled over on its back and plunged straight down into the water. A thorough search of the scene of the crash, which was observed by witnesses and marked by an oil slick, was made but no survivors were observed. There was no fire.
