Charles E Vonderlieth
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 #41-24491 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner Plane crashed 5 miles north-west of St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20136293 at enlistment, then O-660490
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661844
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13042436
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057205
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 9 November 1942 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by AA fire and crashed into the harbour at St. Nazaire, France. |
Buried |
La Baule-Escoublac, France | Buried by the Germans in the English Army Cemetery at Escoublac-Cuy, France. exact grave location in the cemetery has not been determined. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 24-Nov-2014. Aircraft association and Burial per MACR 6012
Lee Cunningham 30-Oct-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 6012. Burial information from German records contained in MACR 6012 folder.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 45 MACR 6012