Charles Richard Doback

Military
media-50396.jpeg UPL 50396 B-17 'Charley Horse' - F/O Clark and crew. 358BS, 303BG
Rear L-R: Elmo Clark, Donald DeCamp, Robert Galbraith, Ralph Haddock.
Front L-R: Charles Doback, William T Hembree, Richard James Tracy, Gustaf Simon, Curtis O Brooke, William C. Jenkins

Object Number - UPL 50396 - B-17 'Charley Horse' - F/O Clark and crew. 358BS, 303BG Rear L-R: Elmo Clark, Donald DeCamp, Robert Galbraith, Ralph Haddock. Front L-R: Charles...

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19056857 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17042935 / O-734677
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29571) nicknamed "Charley Horse" return to base after a mission. A censor has obscured the nose guns on the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp] and 'Passed for publication 7 Spet 1943.' [stamp] and '282576.' [Censor no] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Associated Press Photographer has handwritten on reverse: 'Crew of "Charley Horse" fi
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Charley Horse
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Naugatuck CT 1 October 1920 Son of Charles and Mary [Brenia] Doback.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 16 June 1942 Hartford, Connecticut

Died

Beacon Brook Health Center 4 December 2017

Buried

Saint Francis Cemetery Naugatuck, New Haven County, CT 7 December 2017 Saint Francis Cemetery Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorNormaze3
Changes
Sources

8th AF News - March 2018

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-cd.html#C

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