Charles J Prince
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97447. Prisoner of War (POW).
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![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lansing, Michigan, USA | 22 September 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 27 March 1941 | |
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Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
11 December 1943 - 10 February 1944 | ||
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Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 16 February 1944 | Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
East Lansing, MI | 5 September 2006 | Charles J. Prince was born in 1918 in Lansing, Mich. He graduated from E. Lansing High in 1936 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 27, 1941. In 1943, he entered Pilot training School. Class 43-G and won his wings and commission on July 29, 1943 at Ellington Field, and was assigned to a bomber crew and trained at Walla Walla, WA. A few weeks later, he was sitting on the right seat of a B-17 with the 95th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force flying out of England. He was shot down on his 12th mission over Brunswick, Germany on Feb. 10, 1944. He was 25 years old. Lt. Prince spent 15 months as a POW at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany and was liberated on May 1, 1945 by the Russians. He was awarded the Air Medal, Unit Citation, and POW Medal. After the war, Charles J. Prince went into the construction business (gravel & ready mix concrete) with a childhood friend. He retired in 1973. |
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Buried |
Delta Township, MI | 8 September 2006 | Deepdale Memorial Park Delta Township, Eaton County, Michigan, USA |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Brandlecht, Germany | 10 February 1944 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2547 / MACR 2547, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database