Charles Edward Bluejacket
Military
Object Number - UPL 60176 - S/Sgt Charles E. Bluejacket
Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neustadt, Austria 2-Nov-43 in B-24 42-73084 'Ropes McGonigle' Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 'Ropes McGonigle'
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wyandotte, Oklahoma | 18 March 1912 | Born Wyandotte, OK |
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Enlisted |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 9 April 1942 | Enlisted Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Died |
Bocksdorf, Austria | 2 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Bocksdorf, Austria |
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Buried |
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Miami, Oklahoma | 1 November 1949 | Interred Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma |
