Charles F Sturgeon
Military
Object Number - UPL 50710 - Charles Sturgeon, Engineer/Gunner of Thomas P. Smith Jr's Crew at age 21, after enjoying three months of "Real Food" since being liberated from...
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed near Epreville on 8/13/44 in B-17 Fifinella #42107030
POW
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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: Fifinella
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 322nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pulaski, New York, USA | ||
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Other Evaded |
France | 13 August 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7898 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
