Charles Alonzo Piper

Military
media-47498.jpeg UPL 47498 B-24 42-7556, 579BS, 392BG, 8th AF. Joe Higgins Jr crew.

Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J Bookout, Charles A Piper.
Front L-R: Harry W Casey, Chester Broyles Jr, Perry Wharton.

Object Number - UPL 47498 - B-24 42-7556, 579BS, 392BG, 8th AF. Joe Higgins Jr crew. Rear L-R: Thomas Sumlin, David L York, William R Cauble, Myron F Boerschinger, Raymond J...

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. Prisoner of War (POW).



Entered service at Manchester, NY October 1942. Joined 392nd BG September 1943. Rank at end of WW II was S/Sergeant. Rank at retirement from service was T/Sergeant. Pilot-Joseph Higgins.



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11065707 / O-797531
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Exterminator II
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Castle, NH 31 July 1921 Son of Alonzo C and Marguerite [Tuttle] Piper.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 29 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

Dümmer, Germany 29 April 1944 Shot down 29-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28676. POW.

Died

Apollo Beach, FL 20 September 2007
Derry, New Hampshire, USA

Enlisted

New Hampshire, USA New Hampshire

Based

Hethel 29 April 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Forest Hill Cemetery East Derry, Rockingham County, NH Forest Hill Cemetery East Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4494 / MACR 4494 & Page 378 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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