Charles B Hochadel Jr
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albion, Pennsylvania | 15 October 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 29 January 1942 | |
Other 404th FG Overseas Tour |
Winkton Airfield, UK | 21 March 1944 - 10 September 1944 | |
Other Shot Down/Evaded |
near Evreux, France | 30 June 1944 | Major Harold G. Shook's number four man in the first flight wasn't doing so well, however. Elledge and Harold Freemantle both saw the P-47 shudder from cannon hits as a Messerschmitt caught it from below. The plane, flown by Lieut. Charles B. Hochadel, slid off into a glide and disappeared through a hole in the clouds, smoking as it the cockpit were on fire. Like Clonts, everyone thought he was a goner. Like Clonts, he walked back in on us a few weeks later. |
Died |
St. Petersburg, Florida | 25 November 1991 | |
Buried |
Clearwater, Florida | 28 November 1991 | Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA |
Sharpsville, Pennsylvania |