Charles L Bell

Military

Shot down by flak and landed in Sweden on 6/20/44 in B-24 Tondelayo 42-50343 INT

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-109789

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Mairzy Doats
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-50343

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Returned

12 April 1944 42-109789 was hit by AA fire (flak) during their return over enemy held territory in Holland, east of and over Dunkirk. The two Waist Gunners bailed out presumably thinking the plane was going down. However, the aircraft and other crewmembers landed safely back at Wendling later.

Other

Interned

20 June 1944

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Revisions

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https://b24.net/MM041244.htm

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MACR 6154

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6154, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3 pg 643