Charles Randel Burns

Military
media-50592.jpeg UPL 50592 Ground crew of B-17 'Miss Donna Mae' 331BS, 94BG, Charles R Burns stand far left.

USAAF photo

Object Number - UPL 50592 - Ground crew of B-17 'Miss Donna Mae' 331BS, 94BG, Charles R Burns stand far left.

Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Ground crew on B-17 'Miss Donna Mae'





Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31540

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Donna Mae
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oakley, MI 9 June 1921 Son of Thomas and Fanny Burns.

Died

Owosso, MI 3 February 2019

Buried

Oak Hill Cemetery Owosso, Shiawassee County, MI 6 February 2019 Oak Hill Cemetery Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Enlisted

Lansing, MI

Based

Bury St Edmunds Assigned to 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Lingering Contrails of The Big Square A, Pg 336

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Object number: UPL 50592 - Ground crew of B-17 'Miss Donna Mae' 331BS, 94BG...