Charles Lawson Duncan

Military

Charles L. Duncan was pilot of "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18063077
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37292132
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20345534
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Judy E
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

13 May 1917 Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, the son of Scotland-born Charles and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Duncan

Enlisted

17 December 1941 Hartford, Connecticut

Other

Bailed out

10 July 1943 of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe

Other

Prisoner of War

10 July 1943 Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : "Interned at SL3; Returned to Military Control 24 July 1945." Most probably force-marched from SL3 to Stalag VIIA Moosburg, liberated 29 April 1945 by US forces.
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
WWII Registration Draft Card
US Census 1930

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database