Charles F Wagner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21971.jpeg UPL 21971 Charles F. Wagner Crew
452nd BG
B-17G-15-BO #42-31373 "Flakstop"

Standing Left to Right: Lloyd J. Freeman (BTG), Francis Shaffer (R/O), Fred Richmond (WG), George L. James (TG), Paul A. Chaffe (WG), Donald A. Porter (FE/TTG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Charles F. Wagner (P), Alan R. Willis (CP), Henry H. Gladys (B), Clyde J. Martin (N) 466th Bomb Group collection

Chris Brassfield

Object Number - UPL 21971 - Charles F. Wagner Crew 452nd BG B-17G-15-BO #42-31373 "Flakstop" Standing Left to Right: Lloyd J. Freeman (BTG), Francis Shaffer (R/O), Fred...

Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin and crashed near Staphorst, Holland on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31373 'Flak Stop'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12098509
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20842306
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682106
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6572725
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691779
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flakstop
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Portland, OR, USA 27 December 1941

Born

Mt Angel, OR 97362, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

7951 Staphorst, Netherlands 6 March 1944 Stayed in the cockpit of his blazing B-17 to hold it steady for his crew to bail out.

Buried

Plot J Row 3 Grave 16 Netherlands American Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
ABMC, MACR 2916, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3930 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

"Target Berlin" - Jeffrey Ethell & Alfred Price - pg 113
https://www.abmc.gov/node/533225#.V0zpwGcm6M8

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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

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