Charles S Burnette

Military

KIS on night training accident at Lewiston, MT. B17 #42-6062 hit by lightning. All crewmen were killed.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-6062

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Etowah, TN 37331, USA 12 March 1922

Died

24 August 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7093601/charles-sim-burnette

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 130