Charles E Sweeney

Military

Lt. Charles Sweeney was my Fathers Cousin (Lt. John W. Smith - 466th. Bomb Group). They grew up together and were like Brothers. Before his passing Charles authored a short autobiography. I have condensed his WW2 Service / POW story in a Blog.

http://555navigator.blogspot.com/2013/01/2nd-lt-charles-e-sweeney-96th-…



Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29756, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Chief II
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 13 June 1943 - 14 June 1945 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Hardin, Montana, USA

Revisions

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Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Copied "Summary biography" and Unit connections from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Charles Sweeney

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MACR 15829 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database