Charles Anthony Bacharach
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944. Plane was 'Inside Curve' 42-39973. The plane went down spinning and twisting. Then in a nose dive blew up with all of my crew of nine, killing all but my Navigator and me. Sidney Solomon and I, Paschal H. Powell, were blown out and by a miracle of God we lived. Blew up over England all bodies recovered.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822769
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Inside Curve
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania | 6 April 1911 | |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 19 April 1943 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Died |
Ingham, UK | 12 October 1944 | |
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Buried |
13 October 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot: E Row: 4 Grave: 100 | |
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Based |
Deopham Green | 12 October 1944 | Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia