Charles H Otis
Military
Object Number - UPL 26356 - 42-3049 "Windy City Challenger"
Shot down 14 July 1943 in B-17F-DL #42-3049 'Windy City Challenger'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Windy City Challenger
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Ridge, Illinois, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan Poland | 14 July 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 64 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database