Charles Cecil Finch

Military

Charles Finch was Top Turret gunner on B-17F #42-3029 "Wallaroo", shot down by Flak on mission to V-weapons site at Le Meillard, France on 14 January 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Joseph Frank Fertitta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18190215
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Merle Ross Hungerford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18014955 at enlistment, then O-421102
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot

Arthur Carl Nilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11021371
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer

Angelo Phillips Petix

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13107303
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Joe B Vogel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18013320 at enlistment, then O-676182
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Grove Hill, Alabama, USA 5 December 1920

Enlisted

5 October 1942 Ft McClellan, Anniston, Alabama

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

14 January 1944 Interned Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow/Tychow, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : " Returned to military control (RMC) 1 June 1945."

Died

18 November 1962
Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama

Buried

Charles Finch rests at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Jackson, Alabama

Revisions

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Connected other crew members on 42-3029

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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MACR # 1965

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1965 / MACR 1965, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database