Henry Charletta
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person
Object Number - UPL 41025 - Hank on leave at home in Pittsburgh, PA before getting his Master Sergeant rank. The child is not identified, but might be a niece.
Master Sergeant Henry Charletta, the Bombardier - Togglier in the B-24D, 42-40354, Snafu, was killed in action, KIA, in a mid air collision with the B-24D, 41-23818, Texan II, also in Snafu's 44th Bomb Group and 67th Bomb Squadron, just of the coast near Selsey Bill, Sussex en-route to St. Nazaire, France. Both aircraft exploded and crashed into the English Channel. Both crews were killed. Killed in Action (KIA). 10 KIA. 16 February 1943
Sgt. Charletta's Awards : Air Medal - Purple Heart
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Texan II - Bela - Miss Marcie Ann
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-24D, exploded and crashed into the English Channel en-route to the target at St. Nazaire, France. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 22-Feb-2015. Corrected SN and added KIA event per MACR 5095; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Corrected Unit connection, made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5095 & 3202 B / MACR 5095, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 79, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 50, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams Appendix 4., ABMC web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
