Charles W Quirk
Military
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UPL 17752
Charles Quirk Crew
458th BG - 755th BS
Standing: Charles Hillis (TTG), Gerald Miller (R/O), Perce Goewey (WG), Tom McQueen (FE), Don Swanson (BTG), Don Pierce (TG)
Kneeling: Dave Jelinek (B), Charles Quirk, (P), George Campbell (CP), Charles F. Gaine (N)
This crew was shot down on their 14th combat mission, 12 July 1944. Hit by flak, they bailed out over Belgium
458th BG - 755th BS
Standing: Charles Hillis (TTG), Gerald Miller (R/O), Perce Goewey (WG), Tom McQueen (FE), Don Swanson (BTG), Don Pierce (TG)
Kneeling: Dave Jelinek (B), Charles Quirk, (P), George Campbell (CP), Charles F. Gaine (N)
This crew was shot down on their 14th combat mission, 12 July 1944. Hit by flak, they bailed out over Belgium
Hit by flak and crashed at Harveng on 7/12/44 in B-24 #42-100365. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-761801
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36449603
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39043686
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698016
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14178151
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big-Time Operator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lorelei
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rough Riders
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wolfgang
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Able Mabel
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 July 1944
- Date: 11 July 1944
- Date: 8 July 1944
- Date: 5 July 1944
- Date: 2 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Massachusetts, USA | 22 July 1921 | |
Died |
Waltham, MA, USA | 1 September 1998 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Harveng, 7022 Mons, Belgium | 12 July 1944 | |
Massachusetts, USA | |||
Other POW |
Zagan, Poland | Stalag Luft III |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6930 / MACR 6930 & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database