Crew Roster · Personal File

Carroll A. Berner

Pilot · 328th Squadron
HometownLidgerwood, ND

Carroll Berner flew a B-24 to England via Labrador and Iceland and was assigned to the 328th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. His first mission was September 10, 1944, followed the next day by a mission to Magdeburg. He flew a total of 35 missions, including a supply drop at Nijmegen where 18 planes departed and only two returned unharmed.

He received five Air Medals for his service.

Sortie Log

6 CATALOGUED SORTIES
09 OCT 1944 — 22 FEB 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 670
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
41-50628
№ 674
12 OCT 1944
OsnabrückM/Y
Lead aircraft (circle-1 marker); aircraft did not take off — nose wheel collapsed
41-29457
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
42-50594
№ 824
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Com. Pilot - Capt. Oscar P. Hoffman (940-G)
42-50594
№ 839
21 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
41-50894
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
12 GP
42-50594
§ Personal Record
Before the War

Carroll Berner was born on a farm near Lidgerwood, ND in December 1919. His primary education was in a one-room prairie school. He entered the Army Air Corps in February 1943 and graduated from pilot training at Lubbock, TX on December 5, 1943. He completed B-24 transition training at Liberal, KS.