Military
Lt. Frederico Gonzales, Co-Pilot, Lt. Jack E. Kutchback, Bombardier and 1st Lt. Charles E. Khourie of the 603rd Bomb Squadron of the 398th Bomb Group.
Charles E Khourie was born in Ohio in 1921. His parents, Adeeb and Emily had moved to America from Syria in 1920 with Charles' older siblings. He grew up in Columbus where his father and uncle ran the Khourie's Direct Importers store on S High Street.
He served as a co-pilot with the 398th Bomb Group. His crew arrived arrived at Nuthampstead on 6 August 1944.
On 27 September 1944, Khourie became a 603rd Bomb Squadron Flight Commander.
On 15 October 1944, he was Killed in Action when his aircraft crashed on takeoff into the Anstey moat. He was later buried at Arlington Cemetery.
Group
The 398th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire on strategic bombing raids over Germany. The Group switched focus in the days before D-Day, when they targeted enemy positions on the Cherbourg peninsula. When the Allied...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 91BG Bassingbourne 29/6/44 as GH a/c; transferred 602BS/398BG [K8-T] Nuthampstead 29/6/44; 601BS [3O-C]; 603BS [N7-T]; crashed on take off for Cologne 15/10/44 at Anstey, Herts....
Military site : airfield
Built during 1942-43, Nuthampstead was the nearest Eighth Air Force heavy bomber base to London. It had three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. It was first occupied from September 1943 to April 1944 by the 55th...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 24 August 1921 | |
| Lived in | Columbus, OH, USA | 1930 |
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At the time of the census, Charlie Khourie is listed as living with his uncle and aunt, Naj and Malvina Khourie, his father and mother, Adeeb and Emily Khourie, and his brothers and sisters. |
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| Charles' uncle and father run The two brothers run Khourie's Direct Importers store | 43 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 1930 – 1945 |
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The employment of the two brothers is listed as 'merchants' for an 'oriental'/'imported' store in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. The address of the store is given in the Columbus' City Directory of 1945. |
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| Graduated from East High School | Columbus, OH, USA | 1939 |
| Died | Anstey, Buntingford SG9, UK | 15 October 1944 |
| Buried | 1948 | |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 November 2016 17:53:33 | Lucy May | Changes to middlename, nickname, biography and events |
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Via Ancestry: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 November 2016 17:04:46 | Lucy May | Changes to biography, awards and events |
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Changed spelling of name from Charles L Khouri to Charles E Khourie. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 November 2016 16:51:55 | Lucy May | Changes to nickname, role, events, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=khouri&GSfn=charles&GS... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:49 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology Supplement / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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