Charles R Kline
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 17367
Charles Kline Crew
801st BG - 850th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz (CP), Charles R. Kline (P), Floyd A Lauletta (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Dana R. Wemette (G), Arthur G. Abate (G), George W. Odom (G), Warren L. Rock (G)
This crew (minus Odom and Ransom) were shot down on the night of July 4/5 1944. All aboard were KIA
801st BG - 850th BS
Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz (CP), Charles R. Kline (P), Floyd A Lauletta (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Dana R. Wemette (G), Arthur G. Abate (G), George W. Odom (G), Warren L. Rock (G)
This crew (minus Odom and Ransom) were shot down on the night of July 4/5 1944. All aboard were KIA
801/492 website
Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H AC #42-50386. Shot down and crashed NE of Paris. MACR 6991. B-24H Carpetbagger, 42-50386, shot down by ME 110 south of Paris at 0200hrs. T/O from Harrington, site of crash Les Trois Mares, Oise. Final interrment in Epinal Cemetary, France.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 31308746
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-703870
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 17157294
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39913150
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32812538
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Lagny-le-Sec, France | 4 July 1944 | He was serving as the pilot on a B-24H which took off from Harrington at 2331hrs, 4 July 1944 on "operation Peter" His aircraft was shot down by an ME110 night fighter approximately 35 miles south of Paris. It exploded and crashed 0200hrs at a spot known locally as Les Trois Mares, Lagny-Le-Sec(Oise), France. All eight crew members were KIA. |
Born |
Oklahoma, USA | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal Departement des Vosges Lorraine, France Plot: A Row 16 Grave 27 | ||
Hammon, OK 73650, USA | Box 216 |
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Sources
Combat Chronology, USAAF SN Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia