Charles Roscoe Blackwell
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57804 - 1st Lt Charles R. Blackwell, 457BG.
Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Evaded EVD.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16096957
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694581
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12055450
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sedalia, MO | 22 December 1921 | Son of Roscoe B and Ruth N [Maddern] Blackwell. |
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Enlisted |
St Louis, MO | 2 April 1942 | St Louis, Missouri |
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Other Baled out EVD |
Le Bourget, France | 14 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Evaded EVD. |
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Died |
Saint Charles, MO | 12 June 2004 | |
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Buried |
Saint Charles Memorial Gardens Saint Charles, St. Charles County, MO | 15 June 2004 | Saint Charles Memorial Gardens Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri |
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Based |
Glatton | 14 June 1944 | Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
General Order 320 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 11 September 1944.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers, MACR 5805