Charles R Wilson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

27 October 1942 in B-17F 41-24508 while flying in a 2 ship low level formation mission, ac hit trees. Lieutenant. Check was able to make a safe landing and all returned to action.

Shot down 9 November 1942 in B-17 41-24509 while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft crashed into the sea near the target, St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA).

Air Medal & Purple Heart

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

368th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24508

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Time's A Wastin'
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

41-24509

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Miss Swoose
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 18

Date: 9 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Saint-Nazaire, France	9 November 1942	Killed by AA fire. Aircraft crashed into the sea near St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered.
Born	Phio
Other Commemorated	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK		Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Saint-Nazaire, France

9 November 1942

Killed by AA fire. Aircraft crashed into the sea near St. Nazaire, France. His remains were never recovered.

Born

Phio

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK

Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

Date26 Nov 2014 21:10:06

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 25-Nov-2014. Made aircraft connection per description data.

Date26 Nov 2014 21:03:23

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Nov-2014. KIA event added per MACR 16010; Decorations and Commemoration event per: American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

Date31 Oct 2014 21:54:38

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 31-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 16010; AMerican Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:57

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p. 206, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, Vol. 1 p. 40, 45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia