Charles W Compton Jr
MilitaryShot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 42-5861 'Laden Maiden. ' Evaded. He and the navigator were the only survivors.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Laden Maiden
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
10 November 1917 | ||
Other Evaded Capture |
30 December 1943 | ||
Died |
6 May 1990 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2020 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2020