Charles Alonzo Piper
MilitaryRear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J Bookout, Charles A Piper.
Front L-R: Harry W Casey, Chester Broyles Jr, Perry Wharton.
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. Prisoner of War (POW).
Entered service at Manchester, NY October 1942. Joined 392nd BG September 1943. Rank at end of WW II was S/Sergeant. Rank at retirement from service was T/Sergeant. Pilot-Joseph Higgins.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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: 389th Bomb Group 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11065707 / O-797531
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Castle, NH | 31 July 1921 | Son of Alonzo C and Marguerite [Tuttle] Piper. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Dümmer, Germany | 29 April 1944 | Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. POW. |
Died |
Apollo Beach, FL | 20 September 2007 | |
Derry, New Hampshire, USA | |||
Enlisted |
New Hampshire, USA | New Hampshire | |
Based |
Hethel | 29 April 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried/ Commemorated |
Forest Hill Cemetery East Derry, Rockingham County, NH | Forest Hill Cemetery East Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
Revisions
Copied the "Summary biography" and highest Rank from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4494 / MACR 4494 & Page 378 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database