Charles Greeley Dodge Jr
MilitaryBadly damaged on a mission to Leipzig on 20 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-5859 crash landed near Bozeat, Northamptonshire.
Charles Dodge was Tail gunner on B-17F #42-5788 "AOG, Not In Stock", shot down after being attacked by five ME109s and crashed in Duffel, 8km NE of Mechelen, Belgium, on a mission to Büden, Germany on 22 February 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). He was captured by German S/S troops and was thus not processed through normal German POW procedures.
Wounded during interrogation by the S/S, he was interned in prison camps and did forced labor on a German farm until liberated, surviving the war.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688592
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36476463
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803848
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-375016
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Observer
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
16 November 1918 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 22 February 1944 | captured by German S/S troops. |
Died |
15 November 1987 |
Revisions
Added biography data and updated rank from headstone. More than likely he received the Army Good Conduct Medal. NARA files do not show a Purple Heart Card, but that doesn't mean he wasn't awarded one. No decoration is listed on his headstone.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96885071/charles-greeley-dodge
No AM file is available. He would have earned these three awards, most likely a GCM and would seek the POW medal through official channels.
Merged information from duplicate entry to include details Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2647, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
Additional details from http://www.303rdbg.com
MACR 2647 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database