Charles S Dick
Military ROLL OF HONOURJoined squad 3 August 1942. Shot down 6 December 1942 in B-24 41-23786 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA). First loss for the 44th BG.
Fw 190 (2) destroyed 6 December 1942
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ashland, Kentucky | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 6 December 1942 | He was lost at sea when his aircraft was shot down and crashed into the English Channel. |
Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 8-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 2620; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2920 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Webb Todd, MACR 2920, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 52