Military
2nd Lt Charles Spence Faxon Jr, 736BS, 454BG
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13251
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
Military | Sergeant | Flight engineer / Top turret | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Nose Gunner | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13251.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13251
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 454th Bomb Group
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
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Group
The group was constituted as 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 and activated on 1 June at Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona. Training began immediately on Consolidated B-24 Liberators[2] and the ground cadre was sent on 3 July to...
Squadron
Established in mid-1943 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron; trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in January 1944, being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in Southern Italy.
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return Valentine tank works, Austria with Charles Faxon Jr crew 23-Mar-45; shot down, 7 x POW, 2 x KIA MACR 13251
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Ohio | 20 November 19117 |
| Enlisted | Fort Thomas Newport, KY | 13 January 1942 |
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Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky |
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| Based | San Giovanni | 1945 – 23 March 1945 |
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Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Died | South of Valentine, Austria | 23 March 1945 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down. KIA MACR 13251 |
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| Buried | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 August 2021 10:29:54 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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