Charles W Parlee

Military

Flew 17 missions with the 100th BG then was transferred to the 97th BG on Feb 4 1944 with rest of crew and plane 'Daylite Delivery' overall he completed 34 missions. He was nearly drowned in the North Atlantic while on his initial trip to England . Leaving from Presque Isle Maine to Reykjavik Iceland from thence to East Anglia This original plane was called 'Big Moose' and was lost in the N. Atlantic. Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs states flying from Goose Bay to Meeks Field, Iceland, a/c B-17-42-5840 crash landed in the sea near a convoy. 8 were picked up but 2 drowned.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pasadena, California 1 June 1921

Died

6 December 2004

Buried

Pasadena, California

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Sources

97th Bomb Group Association, Inc., Roster - June 1, 2000/son, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Heys, p. 116 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia