Charles G Hobblitt Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in A/C #42-110172 'Sweet Lorraine' in mid-air collision w/ B-17. Crashed at Eye, Suffolk.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110172

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 May 1944

Born

Hartford, Connecticut

Revisions

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Added a connection to the A/C #42-110172 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Combat Chronology Supplement; 458th BG (picture of plane pg 16) / Combat Supplement; 458th BG (picture of plane pg 16) & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 / Combat Supplement; 458th BG (picture of plane pg 16) & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &

href="http://www.458bg.com/crew45barton.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew45barton.htm> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia