Charles H Aiken
Military![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-52993.jpeg)
Rear L-R: Charles H. Aiken, Unk, Unk, David D. Benton.
Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk,
Object Number - UPL 52993 - 1st Lt Charles H. Aiken crew, 401BG Rear L-R: Charles H. Aiken, Unk, Unk, David D. Benton. Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk,
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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- Date: 24 August 1944
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- Date: 16 August 1944
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- Date: 13 August 1944
![A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg.
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-380951.jpg?itok=Vem5PAcy)
- Date: 6 August 1944
![A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-388030.jpg?itok=Mpevmoij)
- Date: 5 August 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Duncan, OK | |||
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Deenethorpe | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2