Military
S/Sgt Charles W. Brinton. 533rd BS, 381st BG, 8th AF. KIA on 6/22/1943, Schenk crew.
LWG, Schenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Wounded on 22 June when B17 #42-3215 "Linda Mary" piloted by Lt. M. Schenk crash landed on an English field. The crew was returning from Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. Brinton was taken to the 12th Evac Hospital at Redgrave where he died on the 25th of gas gangrene. Buried in the Cambridge AMC.
Duquesne, PA
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner, Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
BTG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on the first 381st operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 25 missions.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on return on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
Canton, MA
Search of T/Sgt Goucher shows he was born in the Channel Islands, Great Britain.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crashed on 22 June 1943 returning from the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
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Military | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Shenk, M. Crew
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed 22 June 1943 on return from the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary".
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. June 22, 1943 'Devils Angel' B17 42-29984 Crash landed 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 46 missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
June 22, 1943 'Devils Angel' B17 42-29984 crash landed on return on the 38st first operational mission.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio Operator, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June, 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Received Silver Star for pulling the wounded TG S/Sgt Sloan from his guns, tended to his wounds...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner, Tail gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Shenk, M. crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded. Completed 25 missions.
Tulsa, OK
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Shenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Crash landed on 22 June 1943 on the 381st first operational mission on B-17 #42-29984 "Linda Mary". Wounded.
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Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/3/43; Presque Is 27/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-S] Ridgewell 28/4/43 with Martin Shenk, Bill Grant, Tom Keheley, Moses Hoppenstein, Shirley Goucher, John Sinclair, Mitch LaBuda, George Bardsley, Jim Sloan, Chas Brinton; Missing...
22 June 1943
The German rubber industry (Chemische Werke Hüls AG) at Marl (district Hüls-Nord), Germany, is the primary objective of this mission and is assigned to the Bomb Groups with the most expericence. Also the industrial area of Antwerp, Belgium is assigned...
Military site : airfield
Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...
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| Born | Duquesne, PA, USA | 8 December 1920 |
| Enlisted | Greensburg, PA | 11 September 1942 |
| Based | June 1943 – 25 June 1943 | |
| Died | 25 June 1943 | |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 159-60 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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