Charles Anthony Veldon
Military
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Object Number - UPL 45920 - 1st Lt Charles Anthony Veldon, 653BS, 25BG
Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 55 combat missions over Germany in two man British Mosquito bombers. Did day and night photographic and weather scouting. On 24 Dec 1944 he and Lt. Peter Dustman flew to Paris to pick up Marlene Dietrich who was to put on a show.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hoboken, NJ | 26 June 1923 | Son of Thomas J and Mildred Veldon. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 26 September 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Died |
Mount Laurel, NJ | 17 July 1996 | |
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Buried |
Holy Name Cemetery Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ | 21 July 1996 | Holy Name Cemetery Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey |
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Based |
Watton | Assigned to 653BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 157 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
