William C. Carlisle

STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM C. CARLISLE was born in Camden NJ in 1919. He attended the Cooper grammar school, Burrough Junior High, and both Woodrow Wilson and Camden High Schools. He left Camden High School to work as an expediter at the Kieckhefer Container Corporation in the Delair section of Pennsauken NJ, later taking similar duties at the Rundle Manufacturing Company, also in Pennsauken Township. He had married in the late 1930s, and the couple had their first child, a daughter named Mary, in 1939. He was a member of  the New Jersey National Guard, belonging to the 157th Field Artillery Regiment in Camden NJ. He had left shortly before the outfit was mobilized for war duty in the summer of 1940.

William C. Carlisle re-enlisted in the United States Army on December 30, 1941. He qualified for flight duty, and  trained at the radio school at Scott Field IL. He was assigned to different bases in Florida, prior to his final station, Brookville Army Air Field in Hernando County, Florida. 

Staff Sergeant Carlisle was home on his last furlough for 18 days up to October 27, 1943, after suffering a minor injury in an air crash. On January 13, 1944 two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers collided during a training exercise near Brookville Army Air Field. William Carlisle was one of the 9 crewmen lost that day.

William C. Carlisle was survived by his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry, of 526 North 6th Street in Camden NJ. He also left his wife, Mary E., 21; two daughters, Mary 4, and Hedwig, 19 months; a brother, George Carlisle Jr., 22, of Camden, and three stepsisters, the Misses Betty and Sally Henry, of Camden, and Mrs. Mary Bard, of Williamstown.

CAMDEN FLIER DIES WITH 8 IN CRASH
S/Sgt. Carlisle Leaves Widow, 2 Youngsters; 2 Forts Collide in Air

A Camden man was among nine crew members who were killed when two Flying Fortresses collided and crashed early yesterday about 10 miles south of Brooksville Army Air Field, Florida.

Brigadier General Peabody, commander of the Army Air Forces at Orlando FL said both planes were on combat training missions. 

The Camden man is Staff Sergeant William C. Carlisle, 24, of 526 North 6^th Street, son of Mrs. George Henry. He was a radio operator.

Carlisle was born in Camden and attended the Cooper grammar school, Burrough Junior High, and both Woodrow Wilson and Camden High Schools. He left Camden High School to work as an expediter at the Kieckhefer Container Corporation, Delair NJ, later taking similar duties at the Rundle Manufacturing Company, Pennsauken Township.

Carlisle enlisted in the Army Air Corps December 30, 1941. He was a former member of the 157^th Field Artillery in Camden NJ, but left shortly before the outfit was mobilized for war duty. He was graduated from the radio school at Scott Field IL, assigned to bases in FL, then joined Brookville station.

Carlisle was home on his last furlough for 18 days up to October 27, 1943, after suffering a minor injury in an air crash. Besides his mother and stepfather, he is survived by a wife, Mary E., 21; two daughters, Mary 4, and Hedwig, 19 months; a brother, George Carlisle Jr., 22, of Camden, and three stepsisters, the Misses Betty and Sally Henry, of Camden, and Mrs. Mary Bard, of Williamstown.