Charles T Bridges
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Crashed on 8/1/43 while on Ploesti raid and TDY to 9th AF. in B-24 'Forky II' 42-40182. Bridges was able to get out of aircraft just before it exploded.
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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
- Nicknames: Forky II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2415, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219,
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