Charles Clarke Mish

Military
media-48228.jpeg UPL 48228 LTGEN Lewis Brereton pinning the DFC on 1LT Charles Clarke Mish
Mish was a pilot in the 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

Object Number - UPL 48228 - LTGEN Lewis Brereton pinning the DFC on 1LT Charles Clarke Mish Mish was a pilot in the 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF

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Units served with

An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Pink Lady
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 555th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Melun, Alsace

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Perth-Amboy, New Jersey 22 June 1918
Braddock, PA 16 October 1940 Worked for Carnegie Steel

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Beaumont-le-Roger, France 24 May 1944

Other

Wounded In Action

South Coast of England 6 June 1944 General Orders No. 106, 16 June 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), Charles C. Mish, O-753399, Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received as a result of enemy action, while serving as Pilot of an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission on 6 June 1944. Entered military service at Lawrenceville, Virginia.

Other

Final 416th BG Combat Mission

Husten, Germany 13 May 1945 Flew 67 combat missions

Died

San Antonio, Texas 16 September 2003

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery 19 September 2003 Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Plot Section 11 Site 465

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