Charles George Banotai

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 63215 - 1st Lt Charles G. Banotai

Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Previously on the Rice, J crew. Killed in Action (KIA) 22-Mar-45 Shot down at Feldhausen in B-17 44-8175

 

Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13144021 / O-825982
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Hornet 2nd
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Allentown, Pennsylvania 27 January 1921 Born Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Training

Hondo, Texas 1 February 1942 - 15 June 1944 Flight / Specialism training: Basic: Hondo, Texas; Primary: Sheppard Fld, Texas; Navigation: Las Vegas, Nevada; Operational: Santa Ana, California

Enlisted

Allentown, Pennsylvania 18 January 1943 Enlisted Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Commissioned

Santa Ana, California 15 June 1944 Commissioned 2nd Lt, Santa Ana, California

Died

Feldhausen, Germany 22 March 1945 Killed in Action (KIA) Feldhausen, Germany

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands 1 January 1946 Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor  MACR 13605,

href="www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx">www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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