Charles W Kimtantas

Military
media-20421.png UPL 20421 Original USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas. Kimtantes, Clarksville, Pa.; T/Sgt. Dell W. Kettering, Monmouth, Ill.; T/Sgt. Louis B. Kirkpatrick, Steelville, Mo. and S/Sgt Herschel H. Leist, Bocyrus, Mo., all of whom received Air Medals.” [ Sgt Leist is only partially shown at extreme right - Awards ceremony in North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. ]
NOTE : Two last names are misspelled : It’s Fetrow instead of Fetroe and it should be Kimtantas in place of Kimtantes.

Added photo in relation with research about Lt Epting's crew on B-24 # 41-23740

Object Number - UPL 20421 - Original USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas....

8/1/43 on TDY to 9th AF, was interned in Turkey on Ploesti raid in B24 42-40754 'Little Lady'

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wham Bam
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Teggie Ann - Little Lady
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

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Interned

1 August 1943

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 222

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