Charles David Rutledge
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34720175
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Gunner, Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35552146
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16102577
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Wheeling, WV | 2 February 1943 | Wheeling, West Virginia |
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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. |
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Buried |
Niederdodeleben, Germany | 2 October 1944 | Interred Niederdodeleben cemetery Germany |
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Born |
Grover Hill, Ohio, USA | Son of Roy Waggoner and Bessie T [Graham] Rutledge. | |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 31 Grave 35 | ||
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Buried |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Carrollton, OH | Memorialised Mount Pleasant Cemetery Carrollton, Carroll County, OH | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database