Charles Sarockas Jr

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Killed in Action (KIA) near Ziesar in B-17 'Flak Sak' 44-6580.

Missing in Action. Sgt Sarockas was seen on the ground as a German POW by other captured crewmembers. His body has never been recovered.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6580

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dream King / Flak Sak
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Events

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missing in action

10 April 1945 Sgt Sarockas bailed out and was seen on the ground alive. He was taken as a POW along with other crew members. The group was split into 2 groups, near Beckendorf,Germany. Sgt Sarockas was not seen again. He was killed by either German soldiers or during combat with the advancing US Army. His body has never been found. It is noted that the town he was last reported in was in the Soviet Sector of Germany.

Born

Chicago, Illinois

Revisions

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MACR 14188

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American Battlefield Commission web site

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14188