Charles David Rutledge

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Killed in Action (KIA). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.



Noted in MACR to be still at controls when A/C exploded.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19163661 / O-765588
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37503864
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12171422
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13179532 / O-821315
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17115980 / O-707099
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 28 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Wheeling, WV 2 February 1943 Wheeling, West Virginia

Died

Niederdodeleben, Germany 28 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederdodeleben. KIA 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.

Buried

Niederdodeleben, Germany 2 October 1944 Interred Niederdodeleben cemetery Germany

Born

Grover Hill, Ohio, USA Son of Roy Waggoner and Bessie T [Graham] Rutledge.

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 31 Grave 35

Buried

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Carrollton, OH Memorialised Mount Pleasant Cemetery Carrollton, Carroll County, OH

Based

Kimbolton 28 September 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.