Charles E Faller

Military
media-18695.jpeg UPL 18695 "Flaps" in his bunny suit. Looks too nice to be in Seething. Probably stateside in late 1943.

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Object Number - UPL 18695 - "Flaps" in his bunny suit. Looks too nice to be in Seething. Probably stateside in late 1943.

Shot down on a mission to Hesepe airfield, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100178 and crashed NW of Osnabruck, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-100178

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Carry Me Back
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 February 1944

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My dad's full nickname was "Flaps, the terror of the Luftwaffe", not so much, as he was shot down.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2468 / MACR 2468, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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