Charles H Bassing

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down by flak on 20 Jun 44 in B-24 44-40112 by fighters and crashed into Baltic. Body found Aug 2, 1944 in the Bay of Tromper northwest of Sassnitz.



Purple Heart, Air Medal

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40112

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Flak Happy
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

20 June 1944

Born

Kansas City, Missouri

Buried

National Cemetery in Netherlands

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 7074;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WW II Memorial/MACR 7074