Charles J Bohm
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Transferred to 1st Pathfinder Sqn, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Euskirchen railroad bridge in B-26 42-95878 'Weary Lera' shot down by flak while leading 322BG crashed in flames near Bonn, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 14626.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791676
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Weary Lera
- Unit: 344th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New York, NY, USA | 18 November 1918 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Shot down |
Bonn, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Euskirchen railroad bridge in B-26 42-95878 'Weary Lera' shot down by flak while leading 322BG crashed in flames near Bonn, POW. MACR 14626. |
Died |
Suffolk County, NY, USA | 28 May 2000 | |
New York, NY, USA | |||
Based |
Matching | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Andrews Field | 23 December 1944 | Transferred to 1st Pathfinder Sqn, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale Suffolk County New York, USA |