Carp's Curtain Call - Monochrome
by Mark Donoghue
Title
Carp's Curtain Call - Monochrome
Artist
Mark Donoghue
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
Description
335th Fighter Squadron CO Major George “Carp” Carpenter is pounced by a Bf109 near Stendel, Germany, 18th April, 1944.
Carpenter had just downed a Bf109 before his P-51B Mustang received fatal damage in this engagement. With his aircraft smoking heavily he downed an FW190 in a head on engagement before he was forced to bailout as fire took hold of his Mustang.
A former RAF Eagle Squadron pilot, Carpenter and the rest of the Eagle Squadron pilots were absorbed into the USAAFs 4th Fighter Group.
His tally rose quickly when the group transferred from the P-47 Thunderbolt to the new P-51B Mustang. He amassed all but one of his 13.33 victories between mid March 1944 and his last mission in mid April flying the Mustang.
He was to wait out the rest of the war as a POW.
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December 26th, 2018
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