Charles Wilbur Tungeitt

Military
media-15147.jpeg UPL 15147 Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.

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Object Number - UPL 15147 - Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.

Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA) No MACR.





Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095871 / O-691341
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Nature's Nymph
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Vernon, IN 10 May 1924 Son of Irwin and Josephine Tungeitt.

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 20 February 1943

Died

Rumburgh, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK 7 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Alencon, France in B-24 42-51116, 7-Jun-44; Crashed Rumburgh, Suffolk, Killed in Action (KIA)

Based

Bungay 7 June 1944 Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Hillcrest Cemetery North Vernon, Jennings County, IN Hillcrest Cemetery North Vernon, Jennings County, IN

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Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Stan Bishop & John A Hey

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history

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