Charles George Bieber
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37314739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12073349 at enlistment, then O-810224
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32557920
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18119298
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
21 December 1920 | New York State, United States | |
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Other Bailed out |
25 April 1944 | of B-24 # 42-52335 "Admirable Little Character" | |
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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 | |
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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 | |||
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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
MACR 4342
NARA WWII Casualties for Queens County, New York State
VA Gravesite locator
www.458bg.com
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