Charles D Conklin Jr

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media-51786.jpeg UPL 51786 Flight Offier Charles D. Conklin, Jr. from Indiana

Family

Object Number - UPL 51786 - Flight Offier Charles D. Conklin, Jr. from Indiana

Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in bombing raid over Germany, mid air collision over Saarbrucken 19-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7420





Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700406
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51190) nicknamed "Ann" of the 34th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '34 BG, Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ann
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

13 August 1923

Based

28 January 1943 - 19 July 1944 Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Saarbrucken, Germany 19 July 1944

Enlisted

Buried

Forest Hill Cemetery Greencastle, Putnam County, IN Re-Interred Forest Hill Cemetery Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana

Revisions

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From his family in Greencastle, Indiana

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Thomas E. Clark
US History Teacher and Researcher

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province

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