Herrmann Carl Abbott

Monuments

100th Bomber Group and 5th Emergency Squadron Crash Memorial

Name:

Carl Abbott Herrmann

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-756879

Unit:

349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-05-07

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

Carl Abbott Herrmann was born on August 21, 1920, in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. He was the son of Carl Louis Herrmann and Vera Leota Abbott Herrmann. He served in the 349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier on the B-17 #42-38053 "Cap'n Crow" during World War II.

Their B-17 crashed on May 7, 1944, over Somerleyton in Suffolk, England near the East Anglian coastline. They were on a mission to Berlin along with over 900 bombers. One of the signal flares in the plane exploded and started fires that could not be contained. Wright rang the bail-out alarm. Jack Raper stayed, helping fight for control as the crew bailed out. Both Wright and Raper died, along with three other crew members who were trapped in the plane.

2Lt Herrmann is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov