Charles D Saxon
Military
Crew #564
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Judge Perry (G), Roland Cappiello (R/O), Richard Kissinger (CP), Jim Pentz (N), Charles Saxon (P), Sid DuBois (G), Paul Harney (G), Lenny Fisler (G)
Front: Eddie Brighty - local English boy living whose house was very close to the Saxon Crew's quarters.
Not in photo: William Cherry (FE), Jim Larson (B)
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 6910 - Charles D. Saxon Crew Crew #564 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Judge Perry (G), Roland Cappiello (R/O), Richard Kissinger (CP),...
Completed a 35 mission combat tour
Graduated from Columbia University
Staff Cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine for many years after the war. Did 725 cartoons and 92 covers for the "New Yorker" during his career
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Saxon
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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: Civilian
- Nationality: British
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32835918
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35624426
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32757602
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Belle
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron 861st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brooklyn, NY, USA | 13 November 1920 | |
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Other 466th BG Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 6 October 1944 - 10 April 1945 | |
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Other Mission |
Manston Airport (MSE), Manston Road, Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5BQ, UK | 31 December 1944 | Had to divert to RAF Manston for emergency landing upon return from Koblenz mission. |
|
Died |
Stamford, CT, USA | 6 December 1988 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 350
