Charles P Hammond
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn January 3, 1943 B-24D 41-23808 'Texan' crashed in field near Aberporth airfield, Cardiganshire, returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. 11RTD No MACR issued.
Shot down 22 March 1943 in B-24D 41-23832 'Maggie' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft crashed into the sea near Alte Mellum Island, Germany. He baled out successfully but was drowned before he could be rescued. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-404099
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 March 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Aberporth, Ceredigion, UK | 3 January 1943 | On 3-Jan-43 in B-24D 42-23808 while serving as Nose Gunner the aircraft crash-landed in a field near Aberporth, Cardiganshire when it ran out of fuel upon returning from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. He was uninjured and Returned to Duty (RTD) |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Mellum, Butjadingen, Germany | 22 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and abandoned over the North Sea in the vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. He baled out successfully but drowned before he could be rescued. His body was recovered. |
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Born |
Metairie, Louisiana, USA | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 16, Grave 10. | ||
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Based |
Shipdham | 22 March 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 1-Feb-2015. Added decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15585; Made connections to Place, 2 AIrcraft and 2 Missions within existing website data; Added RTD event, Edited biography for chronological order, added target and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15585 / MACR 15585, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 61-62, 92 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 41,60, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams pp.27, 36 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database