Charles B Hochadel Jr

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Event Location Date Description

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