Charles Louis Grimes Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 6-September-1942 while serving as Navigator of B-17F 41-24516 'Meltin Pot' the aircraft lost 2 engines off Londonderry after flight from Newfoundland. Landed in shallow water and all crew members walked ashore.
On 18 November 1942 Killed in Action when fragments from an 88mm shell hit him in the small of his back B-17 was piloted by 1st Lt Robert Seelos.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Ditching |
Magilligan Point, Limavady, Limavady BT49, UK | 6 September 1942 | Ditched into the sea off of Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland |
Other Killed in action |
18 November 1942 |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35856232/charles-louis-grimes;
http://306bgus.verio.com/MISSION_REPORTS/18nov42_v2.pdf;
Combat Chronology, First Over Germany by Strong pp. 49-5,
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p, 494 ,
National Archives / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces p. 30-31