Charles B Screws

Military

Crashed near Amiens, France while on bomber escort mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in P-47D 42-75417. Evaded (EVD).

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

42-75417

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Sipe Springs, Comanche City, Texas	7 December 1921
Other Evaded	France	29 January 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Sipe Springs, Comanche City, Texas

7 December 1921

Other

Evaded

France

29 January 1944

Revisions

Date11 Jan 2021 12:00:38

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:28

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2134 / MACR 2134; Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list