Charles Harris Eyre
Military
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UPL 13273
42-38112 JD-J, MRS GEEZIL, 545th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on 8th AF mission #301 on 13 April 1944 near Lindenfels, Germany; 4 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 3869
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MACR 3869
Assigned to the 384th BG, 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #160 dated 5 December 1943, Kendal Daskey Crew. 23 combat missions.
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38112, MRS GEEZIL. Killed in Action
KIA
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15080142
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6847286
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32360522
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32413026
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 28 October 1940 | |
Born |
Seaman, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 | |
Other Memorial |
Seaman, OH 45679, USA | Following his death, the Seaman, Ohio American Legion Post #633 became the "Charles H. Eyre American Legion Post 633" | |
Buried |
Charles Harris Eyre shares a grave marker in Arlington National Cemetery with Walter Edward Stuhl, Engineer/Top turret Gunner on the Edward Fioretti crew. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3869 / MACR 3968, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database