Charles E McGinty

Military

Shot down in B-24 41-28779 at Alt Kabelich 20-Jun-44.

Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A burning B-24 Liberator (KO-XA), believed to be (serial number 41-28779) of the 389th Bomb Group, captured by the Luftwaffe, that crashed on take off at Wackersleben 13 April 1945, and was deliberately set alight by the Germans.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Crash landed

Alt Käbelich, 17349 Lindetal, Germany 20 June 1944 Shot down in B-24 41-28779 at Alt Kabelich 20-Jun-44. POW.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 20 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
St Michael, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Correction of B-24 nickname - Arthur Suppona Via Nate Bosley

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6533 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6533