Charles Edmund McDermott Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 42-30141 'Liberty Belle. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). His body washed ashore at Bullum, Denmark on Augst 29th . He was buried in Denmark first then moved to Ardennes Amer. Cemetery in Belgium



Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30141

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Bell
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ridgewood, New Jersey 21 August 1919

Other

Killed in Action

28 July 1943

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 140 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 140