Charles W Jackson

Military

Shot down on 9/27/44 on Kassel mission near Gnebenequ in B-24 #42-50961, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50961

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 September 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #650 for 27 Sep 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Tibenham, the home base for the 445th BG.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 MACR 9571 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9571 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database