Charles F Wagner
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16154449
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11018903
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner,
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34403199
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754451
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR, USA | 27 December 1941 | |
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Born |
Mt Angel, OR 97362, USA | ||
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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. |
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Buried |
Plot J Row 3 Grave 16 Netherlands American Cemetery |
Revisions
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
"Target Berlin" - Jeffrey Ethell & Alfred Price - pg 113
https://www.abmc.gov/node/533225#.V0zpwGcm6M8
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database