Charles Edmund McDermott Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 42-30141 'Liberty Belle. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). His body washed ashore at Bullum, Denmark on Augst 29th . He was buried in Denmark first then moved to Ardennes Amer. Cemetery in Belgium
Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Cluster
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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: Liberty Bell
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ridgewood, New Jersey | 21 August 1919 | |
Other Killed in Action |
28 July 1943 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 140 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 140