Charles Albert Meadows

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13468.jpeg UPL 13468 The Delirious Dolores (44-40200) shortly after arrival at Metfield, June 1944. The aircraft was named after pilot James C. McKeown's wife Delores.
McKeown Crew: rear, L to R, (G) George McGee, (N) Ross Houston, (CP) Robert McIntyre, (P) James McKeown, (B) George Patton, (E) Francis Hawkins, front, L to R (RO) Joseph Rimassa, (G) Marshal Williams, (G) Frederick Borger, (G) John Murray.
McKeown was severely wounded on 14 June 1944 over St. Cyr.
The Delirious Dolores crashed with a replacement crew after returning from Saarbruken on 13 July 1944. (P) Max R. Shea, (CP) Charles A. Meadow, (N) Harold F. Simon, (TG) Percival M. Lewis, (RG) Solon W. Elliot Jr. were KIA and the aircraft was destroyed.
Most of McKeown's crew continued to fly on the Moose (44-40205) piloted by Warren C. Moore which, along with the rest of the 853rd Bomb Squadron, was shot down over Misburg on 26 November 1944. Borger, Hawkins, Murray, Patten, and Williams were KIA. Houston, McGee, McIntyre, and Rimissa spent the rest of the war as POWs.

C. Timothy McKeown

Object Number - UPL 13468 - The Delirious Dolores (44-40200) shortly after arrival at Metfield, June 1944. The aircraft was named after pilot James C. McKeown's wife...

Killed in Action (KIA) Letter from crew mate who survived crash landing. Lost all engines due to flak hit over France, losing fuel. They crash landed at Metfield, killing 4, permanently crippling 1. 5 survivors



Air Medal/ Purple Heart

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40200

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Delirious Dolores
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Metfield 13 July 1944 Crash Landed

Born

Arkwright, New York

Buried

Plot A Row 2 Grave 6

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Nelson R Meadows, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Page at ABMC

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

491st BG Roster, Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 13468 - The Delirious Dolores (44-40200) shortly after...