Charles Leslie Snyder
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 53956 - B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankee' 384BG.
Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1334.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796910
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Adrian, WV | 2 May 1924 | Son of Iverson and Ressie [Smallridge] Snyder. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 6 August 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
1 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. POW MACR 1334 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 1 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Died |
Washington, PA | 15 September 1978 | |
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Buried |
Beallsville Cemetery Beallsville, Washington County, PA | 18 September 1978 | Beallsville Cemetery Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Grafton Underwood | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed redundant info from Buried event.
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
