Charles E Wilkes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

On 15-February 1943 in B-24D 41-23794 'Railway Express' while serving as Co-Pilot The aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the English Channel near the target. Killed in Action (KIA).



Air Medal, Purple Heart

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-23794

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Railway Express
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nashville, Tennessee

Other

Commemorated

Liège, Belgium Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dunkirk, France 15 February 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea. His remains have never been recovered.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 17-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 16001; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connection to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16003 / MACR 16003, Losses of the 8th 7 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p.76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database