Charles Wilbur Tungeitt
Military
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UPL 15147
Parish Church of Rumburgh, St Michael & St Felix.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Rumburgh Parish Church
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 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit history