Charles G Cassaday

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media-21277.jpeg UPL 21277 Charles G Cassaday - Dension, 27th Recon, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21277 - Charles G Cassaday - Dension, 27th Recon, KIA

On 8 June 1944, Capt Cassaday, operations officer of the 27th undertook to accomplish one of the most difficult missions, one that had been attempted by others, but still on the list of uncompleted jobs. They both failed to return.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: F-5 Lightning
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA, USA 22 January 1942

Other

Killed in action

Veldhoven, Netherlands 8 June 1944 Together with Captain Nelson he took off from Mount Farm on a photo-recce operation of marshalling yards at Hasselt, Belgium. Captain Charles Cassaday made a low turn over the city of Eindhoven and was shot down by by the Flak placed on the Philipsworks (Buildings of Strijp-S). Eindhoven. They flying so low that they had to pull of to avoid flying directly into the buildings. At that moment they were hit by the Flak placed on these buildings. He Crashed at 11.14 near Veldhoven, Holland. He was the squadron operations officer. He was first buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot KK, Grave 69 and reinterred in Netherlands Cemetery Plot YY, Row 10, Grave 246 as X-2851. He was later indentified and finally reinterred at Margraten in Plot P, Row 11, Grave 5. Cassaday was flying F-5B-1-LO #42-67366

Buried

Woensel-Noord, Eindhoven, Netherlands 9 June 1944 Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot KK, Grave 69

Born

Dension, Iowa

Buried

Margraten Plot P, Row 11, Grave 5.

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A. L. DESTRO II

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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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