Charles Arthur Peck

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media-15145.jpeg UPL 15145 In the Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.

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Object Number - UPL 15145 - In the Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.

Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR.





Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Lewis Zeller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095871 / O-691341
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51116

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Nature's Nymph
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Stockton, CA, USA 30 April 1919 Son of George Dewey and Mollie [Murphy] Peck.

Enlisted

Sacramento, CA 15 April 1943 Sacramento, California

Died

Rumburgh, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK 7 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR.

Buried

8 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK Plot B Row 3 Grave 1

Based

Bungay 7 June 1944 Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Stan Bishop & John A Hey

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56293248
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American Battle Monuments Commission

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Object number: UPL 15145 - In the Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St...

Object number: UPL 15146 - In the Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St...

Object number: UPL 15147 - Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.