Charles A Fatigati

Military

He started out on Lt. Felts crew on the plane named "Steady Doc". He was taken off combat and sent to the wash at King's Inn in April 1943 to August 1943 as head gunnery instructor. He came back to the 369th and was shot down at Schweinfurt, even though he was off that day he was asked to fly as tail gunner.



23 September 1943 returning from mission to Nantes, France, crashed in B-17 #42-3449 while attempting to land at RAF Wing. All crew returned, but 3 seriously injured. Piloted by Immanuel Klette.



10/8/43 crash landed in'Liberty Belle' B-17 #42-5889 on return from mission to Poland. 10 RTD. Piloted by Gustave Holmstrom.



Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30707 'Piccadilly Commando', Piloted by Gustave Holmstrom. According to the NARA, Fatigati was a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11).



POW, DFC, AM w/ 4 OLC, PH w/cluster

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30707

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly commando
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Ground personnel attend the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group that has crashed into a wood. Handwritten on reverse: '25/4/25.'

42-3449

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

42-5889

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 April 1993

Born

Steuvenville, Ohio

Buried

Largo, Florida

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "Immanuel" was misspelled.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Corrected serial number from 42-3349 to 42-3449.
http://306bgus.apollohosting.com/Search/search%20all.php?Lname=klette&F…

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 816, .Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 290 pix and details of ac, pp. 320 & 334, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…