Bruce W. Carr

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Bruce W. Carr (0-887280), First Lieutenant (Air Corps), U.S. Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Pilot of a P-51 Fighter Airplane in the 353d Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, in aerial combat against enemy forces on 2 April 1945, in the European Theater of Operations. On this date Lieutenant Carr destroyed three German F-190 fighter aircraft and two ME-109s to become an Ace in a day. First Lieutenant Carr’s unquestionable valor in aerial combat is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.