Charles Orrin Tannehill

Military

Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bizerte, Tunisia in B-17 41-24363 Bad Penny. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

301st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Bad Penny

41-24363

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Penny
  • Unit: 32nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group

Places

Tafaraoui

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Oran Tafraoui Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 21 March 1917 Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

March Field Riverside California 28 October 1941 Enlisted March Field Riverside California

Died

Mediterranean Sea 28 November 1942 Killed in Action (KIA) Lost into Mediterranean Sea

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery, Tunisia Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

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