Charles Lawrence Starr Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13861.jpeg UPL 13861 Lt Charles L Starr co pilot of B-24 Liberator 42-40371 'G.I. GAL' lost on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, Starr was KIA.

Object Number - UPL 13861 - Lt Charles L Starr co pilot of B-24 Liberator 42-40371 'G.I. GAL' lost on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, Starr was KIA.

Enlisted with RCAF, training with them, joined RAF in UK, subsequently transferred to USAAF. Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371 1-Aug-43; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2412



Awards: DFC, AM(OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: GI Gal
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Keokuk, IA 14 October 1916 Son of Charles Lawrence Sr and Blanch Helen [Morris] Starr. Cashmere, Washington ??

Enlisted

1 October 1941 Enlisted RCAF Vancouver, BC 1-Oct-41.

Other

Shipped to ETO

1 October 1942 Shipped out to ETO. Joined RAF .

Died

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Killed in Action (KIA) on Ploesti Raid while TDY to 9th AF in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Plot: K BLK, 103

Other

Transferred USAAF

Transferred to USAAF.

Revisions

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Added Charles L Starr's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford, UK.
https://www.fold3.com/image/1/28600358
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3636821/charles-lawrence-starr

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2412

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