Carrel W. Stamps was born on December 20, 1920. He was the son of Virgil Roy Stamps and Jean L. Crawford.
Carrel joined the US Army Air Corps in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1942. He trained at McCook Army Airfield in Nebraska. After training, he was deployed overseas.
At the time of his death, Carrel was serving in the 860th Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on the B-17G #43-38115 'Reluctant Lassie.' He was killed in the explosion of his airplane during a mission in Germany on September 30, 1944.
B-17G #43-38115 took off, with a crew of 9, from Station 152, England, on a bombing mission over Bielefeld, Germany. Near the target, they were believed to have been hit by bombs dropped from another B-17 that was above them causing his aircraft to explode and crash near Wellenkotten, Germany. Only one parachute was seen leaving B-17G #43-38115. The debris, due to the explosion of B-17G #43-38115, also caused B-17G #43-38480 to crash as well.
SSgt Stamps is now buried in the Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA.
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38115:
Barton, Ernest R, Jr. ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, MA
Gage, Stanton ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, TX
Moss, Carroll E. ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MD
Spatarella, Enrico J. ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NY
Stamps, Carrel W. ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, OK
Tourtellott, Theodore ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, IL
Treece, Daniel R. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NJ
Welsh, James G. ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
The only crew member to survive this crash was 2nd Lt. Artemon P. Johnston, the Navigator.
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