Charles Joseph Spear
Military
Object Number - UPL 37033 - Charles Joseph Spear, San Francisco - Note DOB is 7th Aug 1918. Signed by C J Spear.
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033809 / O-791522
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
San Francisco County, CA | 7 August 1918 | DOB 7-8-1919, Headstone shows 17-8-1919, though draft registration and POW record show 7th. |
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Enlisted |
Moffet Field, Mountain View, CA | 2 March 1942 | Moffet Field, California |
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Other Baled out POW |
Lorient, France | 17 May 1943 | Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
San Bruno, CA | 26 December 1975 | |
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA | 30 December 1975 | Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA |
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Based |
Chelveston | 17 May 1943 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| San Francisco, CA | Husband of Mary Jane Spear. 10th Avenue, San Francisco, CA. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15555 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
