Charles Robert Getty
Military
389BG Pictorial review
Object Number - UPL 47846 - 389BG Pictorial review pg14 featuring John Fino, Charles Getty and Howard Hinchman.
Flew 30 missions on mission #26 returning to base it got dark and we were attacked by German fighters and also had to dodge the English flak. We followed plane on downwind leg at home base, he was shot down in the traffic pattern and I made black out landing.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Butler, New Jersey | 1 November 1920 | Son of Thomas William and Ruth [Cook] Dalton. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 29 May 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Died |
Rome, NY | 6 March 2011 | |
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Buried |
Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery Rome, Oneida County, NY | 9 March 2011 | Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery Rome, Oneida County, New York |
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Based |
Hethel | Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
