Charles R Vickroy

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97496. Landed in Sweden. Interned (INT).

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

615th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97496

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Roscoe, California, USA
Other Interned (INT)	Sweden	9 April 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Roscoe, California, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden

9 April 1944

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2023 22:22:08

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added an association to “Deenethorpe” the home base of the 401st BG.

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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:57

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3942 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database