Charles Robert Dayton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Newspaper clipping
Object Number - UPL 40994 - 2nd Lt Charles R Dayton.
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen'; Collided with another aircraft 24-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5181
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32185710 / O-748288
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carolina Queen
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Westerport, Maryland, USA | 17 October 1921 | Son of Charles Shupe and Florence Ethel [Green] Dayton. |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 1 April 1943 | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Other Married |
Rapid City, SD | 16 November 1943 | Married Helen Parker. |
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Died |
17 miles NE Berlin | 24 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-97214 'Carolina Queen'; Collided with another aircraft 24-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5181 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ridgewell | 24 May 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot A Row 38 Grave 53 | ||
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Other Pilot training |
Thunderbird Field, AZ | Primary Flight Training Thunderbird Field, AZ. | |
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Other Pilot training |
Langley Field, VA | Basic Flight Training Langley Field, VA | |
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Other Pilot training |
Yuma, AZ | Advanced Flight Training Yuma, AZ |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 5181 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
