Charles E Brock
MilitaryAssigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber withdrawal support mission in P-38J 42-67233, hit by flak, causing the loss of one engine and resultant loss of control, A/C abandoned and crashed near Kolbitz 8-Mar-44. POW. MACR 3060.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dallas County, TX, USA | 12 August 1928 | Aug. 12, 1928 Death: Feb. 19, 2008 |
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Other Shot down |
Kolbitz, 02999 Lohsa, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bomber withdrawal support mission in P-38J 42-67233, hit by flak, causing the loss of one engine and resultant loss of control, A/C abandoned and crashed near Kolbitz 8-Mar-44. POW. MACR 3060. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Dallas County, TX, USA | 19 February 2008 | |
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Buried |
Dallas, TX, USA | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA | |
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Based |
Honington | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3060 / MACR 3060, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list