Charles Sylvester Lail Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Charles S Lail Jr
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Charles Lail served as a bombardier with the 562nd Bomb Squadron of the 388th Bomb Group. On 29 November 1943, he was flying in B-17 #423505 when it was shot down and ditched in the North Sea. Lail was Killed in Action (KIA).
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hickory, North Carolina | 25 February 1923 | When Charles Sylvester Lail was born on February 25, 1923, in Catawba County, North Carolina, his father, Charles, was 27 and his mother, Pearl, was 20. He had two brothers and two other siblings. |
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29 November 1943 | He died on November 29, 1943. Plane ditched in North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA), at the age of 20. |
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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 3153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3153