Charles R Wilson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR27 October 1942 in B-17F 41-24508 while flying in a 2 ship low level formation mission, ac hit trees. Lieutenant. Check was able to make a safe landing and all returned to action.
Shot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 41-24509 while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft crashed into the sea near the target, St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal & Purple Heart
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 9 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 9 November 1942 | Killed by AA fire. Aircraft crashed into the sea near St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered. |
Born |
Phio | ||
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Nov-2014. Made aircraft connection per description data.
Lee Cunningham 26-Nov-2014. KIA event added per MACR 16010; Decorations and Commemoration event per: American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 31-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 16010; AMerican Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 206, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, Vol. 1 p. 40, 45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia