Charles Phillip Swafford
Military
Object Number - UPL 32120 - "Lt Swafford of the 390th Bomb Group, wearing the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal, 26-Dec-43 England."
Crew Number 35. Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions flown (15 x aboard 42-3312 "Sequatchiee").
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14100740 / O-801059
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729722
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32143117
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33285912
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17074759
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sequatchiee
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pikeville, TN 37367, USA | 18 October 1918 | Son of Walter and Della [Hutcheson] Swafford. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA | 15 August 1941 | Fort Oglethorpe Georgia |
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Based |
Deopham Green | 15 August 1943 - 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Returned to Base RTB |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 20 October 1943 | Mission to Duren in B-17 42-3312 hit by flak at Tilburg 4 x crew baled remainder RTB MACR 14417 |
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Died |
Dayton, TN 37321, USA | 27 May 2007 | |
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Buried |
Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN 37321, USA | Rhea Memory Gardens, Dayton, TN |
Revisions
Key Image ID.
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https://www.fold3.com/page/87779353-charles-p-swafford/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/161568868?terms=Charles%20P%20Swafford
https://www.fold3.com/image/29419192
https://www.fold3.com/image/46736380
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19561895/charles-phillip-swafford
Key Image ID.
https://www.fold3.com/record/50166924-charles-p-swafford
https://www.fold3.com/page/87779353-charles-p-swafford/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/161568868?terms=Charles%20P%20Swafford
https://www.fold3.com/image/29419192
https://www.fold3.com/image/46736380
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19561895/charles-phillip-swafford
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Swafford%2C+Charles+P
