Charles Herman Goettling

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40494.jpeg UPL 40494 SSGT Charles Goettling and crew

Taken from family archives and other family contacts

Object Number - UPL 40494 - SSGT Charles Goettling and crew

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574. His wife Margie gave birth to twin sons Ray and Roy shortly after his death.

Awards: AM (4OLC), Good Conduct, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18131450
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Thomas  Montgomery
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16013911
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho, United States 3 June 1924 Son of Charles A Goettling.

Enlisted

Boise, ID 14 January 1943 Enlisted into USAAC Reserve 14-Jan-43, active duty 21-Jan-43

Died

Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574

Buried

Sehlem, Germany 9 May 1944 in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Snetterton Heath 8 May 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.
Dalhart, TX NoK: - Wife Margaret 'Margie' F [Young] Goettling.

Buried

Morris Hill Cemetery Boise, Ada County, ID Re-Interred Morris Hill Cemetery Boise, Ada County, Idaho

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Sources

MACR 4574
WWII Draft Card
KU-1756 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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