Charles Herman Goettling
Military ROLL OF HONOURTaken from family archives and other family contacts
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574. His wife Margie gave birth to twin sons Ray and Roy shortly after his death.
Awards: AM (4OLC), Good Conduct, PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35374666
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32271971
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14138163
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065699 / O-677607
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, United States | 3 June 1924 | Son of Charles A Goettling. |
Enlisted |
Boise, ID | 14 January 1943 | Enlisted into USAAC Reserve 14-Jan-43, active duty 21-Jan-43 |
Died |
Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574 |
Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Dalhart, TX | NoK: - Wife Margaret 'Margie' F [Young] Goettling. | ||
Buried |
Morris Hill Cemetery Boise, Ada County, ID | Re-Interred Morris Hill Cemetery Boise, Ada County, Idaho |
Revisions
MACR 4574
WWII Draft Card
KU-1756 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database