Charles S Smiley

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media-33625.jpeg UPL 33625 Crew of "Tornado" (B-17, 42-39924) 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th AF. Shortly after this picture was taken, the crew ditched on fire into the North Sea and were rescued by a British sea plane though the waist and tail gunners were lost in ditching.

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Object Number - UPL 33625 - Crew of "Tornado" (B-17, 42-39924) 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, 8th AF. Shortly after this picture was taken, the crew ditched on fire into...

KIA on 22 April 1944 when the Top Turret of his aircraft caught fire and the crew were forced to bail out. Smiley was knocked unconscious he either could not escape or was held up by his crew members until they could no longer support him.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38127

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Ship
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

North Sea 22 April 1944

Born

Ohio

Buried

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28626639

https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4263

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Object number: UPL 33625 - Crew of "Tornado" (B-17, 42-39924) 334th Bomb...