8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Charles Franklin Bain
Military
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2 x Ju88 destroyed. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Parow aerodrome, hit in engine by ground fire, headed out to sea, A/C P-51 'Kinky' 43-25033 abandoned and crashed into Baltic 25-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7945.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
Units served with
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-25033 'Kinky'
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt James S Reynolds. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Parow aerodrome, hit in engine by ground fire, headed out to sea, A/C abandoned and crashed into Baltic 25-Aug-44. Pilot 1st Lt...
Associated Place
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Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | McLean County, IL, USA | 1921 |
| Lived in | Bloomington, Illinois | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Peoria, IL, USA | 12 June 1942 |
| Based | Wittering | 15 April 1944 – 25 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promotion | Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 2 July 1944 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 25 August 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Baled out | Hiddensee, Germany | 25 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Parow aerodrome, hit in engine by ground fire, headed out to sea, A/C P-51 'Kinky' 43-25033 abandoned and crashed into Baltic 25-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7945. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 August 2016 09:45:40 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bain |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7945 / MACR 7945, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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