Charles G Silverberg

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Radio operator, Loftin crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29958 'Battlin' Bombsprayer'. Mission #37 to the Arado Aircraft components at Anklam, Germany. MACR 886. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in the Ardennes AMC.

New York

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Allan Temple Alford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39398025
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Hyman Beckerman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-669955
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Chester E Cornell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-741968
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot

Eugene E Cyrek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32424605
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Stanley J Czarny

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-29958

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battlin Bombsprayer
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

9 October 1943

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Denmark 9 October 1943

Buried

Plot B Row 35 Grave 16

Revisions

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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 877 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 886 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database