Charles C Sheridan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR1-May-42 Assigned as a Senior Pilot with the 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. May have arrived at Moleswworth aboard B-17F #41-24517 as a passenger on 24-Oct-42.
Killed in Action (KIA) 3-Jan-42 in B-17F #41-24517 'Kali' while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft was targeting U/B (submarine base) at St. Nazaire, France. 'Kali' encountered intense flak and fighter attacks and went down over the Atlantic.
Participated in 6 Operations (1 was aborted) See Biography events.
Connections
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13024754 / O-724149
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Group Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kali
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Memphis Tot
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Susfu
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bad Check
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: S For Sugar
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Group |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned as a Senior Pilot with the 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Belived to have arrived at Molesworth, UK as a passenger aboard B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS. |
Other Mission #1, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Lead Pilot of 427BG in B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. |
Other Mission #2, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Lead Pilot on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24587, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Lead Pilot on B-17F 41-24587 "Bad Check", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Lead Pilot on B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24569, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Lead Pilot on B-17F 41-24569 "Memphis Tot", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks and crashed into the Atlantic. | |
Other Mission #6, MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot on B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighter and crashed into the sea. He was Killed in Action KIA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2016. Corrected initial assigment to location and Assigned to Aircraft location per 303BG records, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 19_Dec-2015 Added date to Mission #5 and KIA to mission #6 description and title.
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event poer 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event poer 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Group event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added initail assignment, arrival in UK and Mission participation statement to Summary Biography; made connections to all Aircraft and Missions based on my research of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian. Ref: Willaim H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html and 303BG Personnel Roster.
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 6141; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record; made connection to Place and Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and minor editing to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60