Charles Christopher Huppert

Military

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.

340th Bomb Group

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

People

Samuel Richmond Dorrance

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791800
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Sfax

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Sfax-Thyna Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dale, Indiana 18 December 1918
Los Angeles, California 16 October 1940 841 1/2 N. Formosa Worked for A District Telegraph

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 4 February 1942

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Sulayman, Tunisia 26 April 1943

Died

Evansville, Indiana 19 February 2010

Buried

Dale, Indiana 22 February 2010 Dale Cemetery Dale, Spencer County, Indiana, USA

Other

POW

Zagan, Poland (then Germany) Stalag Luft III (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Charles Huppert was a key participant in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III

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http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/340th_Diary/4_April1943.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52081443/charles-christopher-huppert
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43995_04_0…
https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/pows/huppert-charles-h523710917.cfm
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