Charles Edward Sanford

Military

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Lt Melvin Watson crew. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Melvin Adrian Watson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14096939 / O-798384
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28738

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Meat Around the Corner
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-29295

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bomb Totin Mama
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-29305

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ill be Back
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100341) nicknamed "Satan's Mate" of the 458th Bomb Group.

42-100341

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Mate
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

42-100362

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine | Boomerang
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kentucky, USA 22 March 1916

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 12 October 1942 Louisville Kentucky

Died

17 September 1975

Buried

Brevard Memorial Park, Cocoa, Brevard County, FL 19 September 1975 Brevard Memorial Park Cocoa, Brevard County, FL

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

New Albany, IN

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/668100630?terms=35497545
https://www.fold3.com/image/668098858?terms=paul%20faggioli
https://www.fold3.com/image/651712519?terms=edward,charles,sanford
https://www.458bg.com/crew53watson.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136341937/charles-edward-sanford

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

458bg.com,Watson crew, crew member list & picture included / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia