Charles Albert Felts
Military
Charles A. Felts Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Charles Dondes (N), Edmond Cody Hall (CP), Charles A. Felts (P), Edwin N. Kimmel (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Edward J. Weidner (WG), Martin Tarlosky (NG), Merritt W. McLaughlin (FE), Clinton E. Swanson (TG), Harry J. Bender (WG), Marvin Allard (R/O)
The man peering out from behind the nose wheel is not identified.
This crew completed 17 combat missions before hostilities ended. The tour included being shot down and bailing out over Allied held Valkenburg, Netherlands on 12 March 1945. All the crew safely parachuted and returned to combat. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 17466 - Crew #784 Charles A. Felts Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Charles Dondes (N), Edmond Cody Hall (CP), Charles A. Felts (P),...
Mar 12 '45: entire crew bailed out of B-24 #4440357 over Valkenburg, Holland after returning from raid on Friedberg, Ger. Returned 50 year later for a reunion. The pilot's window in its metal frame was donated to the 8th AF museum in a ceremony at the museum.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 35233857
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42029897
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33707605
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Born |
Madisonville, KY, USA | 14 August 1921 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 9 February 1945 - 25 April 1945 | |
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Died |
Winter Haven, FL, USA | 31 October 2011 | Lt. Col. Charles Albert Felts of Winter Haven passed away Monday, October 31, 2011 at the Winter Haven Hospital. He was born August 14, 1921 in Madisonville, KY to the late Albert Garland & Mary Frances (Walsh) Felts of Elkton, KY. In May 2002 "Hezzy", as his friends called him, moved from Elkton, KY to Winter Haven, FL. He was retired, as Post Master, from the U.S. Post Office in 1983. He was a member of the Parkland Baptist Church in Winter Haven. He also retired as a Lt. Col. from the U.S. Air Force, where he served in World War II as a pilot of the B24 Bomber. He was a member of the American Legion for 54 years, played minor league baseball before World War II, and he loved fishing and golf. Recently, a book entitled "Destination Germany" by Jim MacMeekin, was published depicting the 8th Air Force military lives of him and his crew. |
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Buried |
Elkton, KY, USA | 4 November 2011 | Glenwood Cemetery Elkton Todd County Kentucky, USA |
| Elkton, KY, USA |
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Dondes son / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia