Charles Robert Randel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Charles Randel was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-3439 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 20 October 1943. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1018. He was a substitute on that mission for Pilot Geyer's regular Right Waist Gunner, Everett J. Missey. See the Geyer crew page at http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gallery/index.php?/category/5

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Aaron Murray Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12155334
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

William John Doherty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31016678 and O-736630
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Francis Geyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14078651 and O-793406
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alexander Joseph Guilianelli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33273658
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Frank James Killarney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32416220
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-3439

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

De Bilt, Holland, The Netherlands 20 October 1943 His remains were found in the crash

Buried

His remains were found in the crash and buried on 23 October 1943 in a cemetery in Apeldoorn, Holland. Exhumed and re-buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten

Born

Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States Husband of Maurine J. (Sannum) Randel

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Removed a dup Born event.

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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Added website address for the Geyer crew

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MACR 1018
ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission) website

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Corrected last name. It is indeed Randel and not Randal.
ABMC - American Battle Monuments Commission
MACR 1018

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 1018

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Incorrect last name. Should be Charles R. Randal.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1018; Snetterton Falcons pg 76