Charles E Blackburn
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 4 February 1943 in B-17F #41-24544 'Pennsylvania Polka' while serving as Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pennsylvania Polka
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Belfry, Kentucky | 1 July 1941 | |
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Born |
Mudfork, Logan County, West Virginia | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 4 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the North Sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery | No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherland |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; added KIA event per MACR 3557 & 4635; made connections to PLace and Mission within existing website data. Added crew position to Biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3557 / MACR 3557& 4635, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 72, WWII Memorial web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database