Charles E Quinby
Military
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UPL 7087
B-17 Silver Slipper 42-32045 (Crew # HH92) Group photo. Left to Right: Bottom Row - 1st Lt. Charles E. Quinby (Pilot); 2nd Lt. Herbert R. Jackson (Co-Pilot); 2nd Lt. Joseph Bernstein (Bombardier); S/Sgt. Arthur J. Schwaiger (Ball Gunner); T/Sgt. Joseph K. Duplechain (Engineer); Top Row: T/Sgt. John L. Jones (Radio); 2nd Lt. Bruce K. Bockstanz (Navigator); ), S/Sgt. Norman F. Christian (Right Waist Gunner); S/Sgt. Walter J. Finnegan (Tail Gunner); S/Sgt. Paul F. Nulton (Left Waist Gunner)
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POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Koblenz on 7/19/44 in B-17 Silver Slipper #4232045 Hit by blak near Frankfurt. Crashed at Reil, near Koblenz.
According to Bockstanz, "we were hit on the bomb run. Two engin
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Slipper
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Port Barro, Louisiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 19 July 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7411 / MACR 7411; Snetterton Falcons, pg 169, 178, 318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database