Charles Granville Koontz

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Object Number - UPL 52446 - 2nd Lt Charles G Koontz

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd combat mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4587



Award: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nelson, NE 23 June 1922 Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Marie [Troudt] Koontz.

Enlisted

Santa Ana, CA, USA 12 February 1943 Santa Ana, California

Died

Hohnebostel, Germany 7 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak KIA MACR 4587

Buried

Nelson Cemetery Nelson, Nuckolls County, NE 24 May 1949 Re-Interred Nelson Cemetery Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

Based

Deenethorpe 7 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA At time of draft registration: Employed by Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/311039343
https://www.fold3.com/image/319448800
https://www.fold3.com/image/629807311
https://www.fold3.com/record/85020076/charles-g-koontz-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20247075/charles-granville-koontz

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
And:
NARA Enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=18&cat=all&t…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1254

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Object number: UPL 52446 - 2nd Lt Charles G Koontz