Charles Ansel Eckert
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Shot down 28-May-44in B-17 42-102581 'Lonesome Polecat'. Killed in initial fighter pass. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5306.
Awards: AM(3OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803697
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mayetta, Kansas, USA | 24 June 1921 | Son of Alex and Arstein Elizabeth [Jaquish] Eckert. |
Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS, USA | 5 May 1942 | |
Died |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102581 'Lonesome Polecat'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5306. |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5306 / MACR 5306, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1184 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database