Charles George Bieber

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-42894.png UPL 42894 Charles Bieber (photo from “The National Legionnaire”, Indianapolis, August 1945)

photo from “The National Legionnaire”, Indianapolis, August 1945 (via Marge Tamboer, family of Left Waist gunner Harold Tamboer)

Object Number - UPL 42894 - Charles Bieber (photo from “The National Legionnaire”, Indianapolis, August 1945)

Charles Bieber was Bombardier on board B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character", shot down by fighters on 25 April 1944. He bailed out at about 6000ft, but his parachute didn't open and his remains were found in the debris of the Liberator near Ponthion, Marne Department, France. Killed in Action (KIA).

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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

Robert Otto Behrens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36435582
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

John Harley Combs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14114918 at enlistment, then O-742065
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Eugene Maurice Hoag

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16057259 at enlistment, then O-682183
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Richard Oren McCarthy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32745523
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Anthony Bernard McKeon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33580391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-52335

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Admirable Little Character
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

21 December 1920 New York State, United States

Other

Bailed out

25 April 1944 of B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character"

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

25 April 1944 his parachute didn't open and he was brought down with the plane, crashing near Ponthion, France

Buried

26 April 1944 in the cemetery of the village of Brusson, next to the one of Ponthion, Marne Department, France
Ridgewood, Long Island, New York

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Charles Bieber rests at the Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 4342
NARA WWII Casualties for Queens County, New York State
VA Gravesite locator
www.458bg.com

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 4342

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4342 / MACR 4342 & Page 273 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 &

href="http://www.458bg.com/crew44combs.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew44combs.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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