Charles W Perry

Military

Flew 29 missions with 446th from 12/24/43 to 4/29/44. Assigned to B-24 crew #302-7-46 piloted by Charles R. McKeny, co-pilot Kenneth R. Lyell. While flying with crew #302-7-36 piloted by Weems D. Jones #42-100360 'Luck & Stuff' was shot down 4/29/44 approx 45 min west of Berlin. Killed in Action (KIA) were Jimmie L Calhoun & Charles E. Hill. Perry and others were captured and taken to Du Lag Luft, Frankfort and Stalag IV. Was liberated on 4/26/45 after one year of captivity. Liberated near the city of Annaburg on the Elbe River by the 104th Division.



DFC w/bronze olc/air medal w 3 olc/3 overseas bars, POW medal

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A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100360) nicknamed "Luck and Stuff" flies in formation with other Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group during a mission. Printed caption on reverse: '52067 USAF- ACHTUNG- SOUNDS AS THESE CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATORS of the Eighth AF fly a tight formation on their way to bomb another vital target deep in the heart of Nazi Germany. Their target on this occasion was Gotha, Germany ME-110 aircraft assembly plant, and components factory. 448th Bomb Group [sic] US Air Force Photo.'

42-100360

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Luck and Stuff
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

29 April 1944

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Biographer/MACR 4485 & Page 376 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45); The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 66, 92-94 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4485 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database