Charles K Hecht Jr

Military

On 29-Nov-43 1LT Charles K. Hecht, Jr. was the piloting of P-47D 42-8631 [YF:U], 355FG/358BS on a mission to provide penetration support to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. When the flight reashed Holland it was attacked by German fighters. The aircraft sustained battle damage in the attack and 1LT Hecht was forced to make a crash landing at Vreeland, Holland and he was captured as a Prisoner of War.



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42-8631

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Charlotte, North Carolina 20 September 1918

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 November 1943 - 12 June 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45.

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Lee Cunningham 19-Jul-2015. Added Radio Call Letters and Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added POW and decoration per National Archive Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added FTR event per MACR 1285. COMBINED data from a duplicate entry.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self MACR 1284