Charles B Cruikshank
MilitaryStanding:
2/Lt August H Gaspar;
S/Sgt James M Johnson;
T/Sgt Leonard R Weeks;
T/Sgt. Orlando E. Vincenti, of Carbondale, PA.
S/Sgt Don Garrison of Eldorado, Ill;
2/Lt Glenn E Graham.
Crouching:
Lt Frank Murphy of Atlanta , Georgia;
Sgt Clarence Coombs of Lisbon ME,
Major John C Egan of Mantiwoc, Wis
Lt Charles Cruikshank of Everett Mass.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 Aug 1943.' [stamp] and '280033.' [Censor no.]
Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg. Associated Press Photo shows Back Row, (left to right ) Second Lt August H Gaspar; S/Sgt James M Johnson; T/Sgt Leonard R Weeks; T/Sgt. Orlando E. Vincenti, of Carbondale, PA. S/Sgt Don Garrison of Eldorado, Ill; Second Lieut Glenn E Graham. Front Row Lt Frank Murphy of Atlanta , Georgia; Sgt Clarence Coombe of Lisbon ME, Major John C Egan of Mantiwoc, Wis and Lt Chas Cruikshank of Everett Mass. Photographed on their return to a U S Bomber Station "somewhere in England".' Roger Freeman Collection
Corrected airmen associated with this record.
The Associated Press printed caption for FRE 906 had been stuck onto the back of FRE 905 and vice versa.
Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30725 'Aw-R-Go'; shot down 10-Oct-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1028
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732616
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790276
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Massachussetts | 12 February 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 18 December 1941 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
Other Discharged USAF |
30 November 1961 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Deerfield, NH | 2 May 2010 |
Revisions
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Removed # from A/C serial to aid clarity and consistency.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 1028 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1028 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database