Charles A Norby
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Missing Air Crew Reports 1944 page 60 located on fold3,com researcher A. Bell Albuquerque, NM (Mrs. Campbell's class)
Object Number - UPL 15347 - This KIA action report that is stating the B-17 bomber that Sgt. William R. Ewing was in was shot down over Germany on 11 August 1944 which is a...
Shot down by flak and crashed at Bad Bibra, Germany, on 7/29/44 in B-17 #42-97863. Killed while POW by an auxiliary policeman who was tried after the war and sentenced to life in prison but released on medical parole in January 1954.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 19 June 1942 | |
|
Died |
29 July 1944 | Murdered by an auxiliary policeman while POW. | |
|
Other Cremation |
Weimar, Germany | 2 August 1944 | Cremated at Weimar, Germany. |
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Born |
Allianzo, Ohio, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 July 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
NARA files verified Distinguished Flying Cross (MIA) and Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters. Without personnel records it is unknown how many campaigns he participated in regarding the EAME Campaign Medal but it was at least one.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7821 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
