Charles L O'Geen

Military

B-17G A/C #42-31410 'Berlin Bessie' (I Dood It). Prisoner of War (POW) on 6 Oct 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31410

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Bessie : I Dood It
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

667

  • Date: 6 October 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 October 1944 - 1 May 1945 Stalag Luft IV Barth Stalag Luft I

Born

Batavia, NY 14020, USA

Revisions

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Removed "-" from S/N.

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

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Wrote by Charles O’geen

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Information from manuscript written and typed by Charles O’Geen

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Found information from Veteran affairs.

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Charles O’geen typed his own 6 page personal manuscript of his POW experience. I also found crew member Forest Wilmouth’s personal experience on the internet and it matched up with my Grandfathers manuscript. I’m Charles O’Geen’s Grandson Master Sergeant John Schlaffer (USA Ret).

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Combat Chronology, Unit Website, MACR 9352 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9352 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database