Charles G Silverberg
Military ROLL OF HONOURRadio operator, Loftin crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29958 'Battlin' Bombsprayer'. Mission #37 to the Arado Aircraft components at Anklam, Germany. MACR 886. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in the Ardennes AMC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39398025
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669955
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741968
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32424605
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676564
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Battlin Bombsprayer
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 26 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
9 October 1943 | ||
Born |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | |
Buried |
Plot B Row 35 Grave 16 |
Revisions
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 877 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 886 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database