Carver graduated from Eagle Pass High School and was a sophomore majoring in petroleum engineering at Texas A & I University (now Texas A & M University - Kingsville) when he joined the Army Air Corps.
Although he usually served as a navigator, he was flying as co-pilot of B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
On November 1, 1942 they were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Carver's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and Carver is interred in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery. There is also a burial plot for him in alongside his parents at Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas.
He received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Although he usually served as a navigator, he was flying as co-pilot of B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
On November 1, 1942 they were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Carver's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and Carver is interred in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery. There is also a burial plot for him in alongside his parents at Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas.
He received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Carver graduated from Eagle Pass High School and was a sophomore majoring in petroleum engineering at Texas A & I University (now Texas A & M University - Kingsville) when he joined the Army Air Corps.
Although he usually served as a navigator, he was flying as co-pilot of B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
On November 1, 1942 they were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Carver's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and Carver is interred in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery. There is also a burial plot for him in alongside his parents at Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas.
He received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Although he usually served as a navigator, he was flying as co-pilot of B-17E #41-2635, assigned to the 5th Air Force, 19th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Squadron.
On November 1, 1942 they were one of a group of six planes that took off from Seven Mile aerodrome near Port Moresby on a night mission to bomb Japanese shipping in Tonolei Harbor, but Carver's plane disappeared on the way to the target and the crew was officially declared dead in 1945. Because of that he is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
In 1999 the plane's wreckage was discovered where it struck a mountain near Alotau, Papua New Guinea. The crew's remains were recovered and Carver is interred in a group burial in Arlington National Cemetery. There is also a burial plot for him in alongside his parents at Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas.
He received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
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