Charles Albert Wambier
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 60842
UPL 60842
F/O Charles A. Wambier
Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Rethel in P-47 42-75425 Buried beside Capt Ekstrom who was on same mission)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kankakee Illinois | 26 March 1922 | Born Kankakee, Illinois |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Rethel, France | 30 December 1943 | |
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France | Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
MACR 1867;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1867