Charles A Haywood

Military
An airman of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 4?-??988). media-379299.jpg FRE 863 An airman [tail gunner S/Sgt Charles Haywood] of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39988). Roger Freeman Collection

96th Bomb Group were based at Snetterton Heath.

Object Number - FRE 863 - An airman [tail gunner S/Sgt Charles Haywood] of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by fighters on the return from a mission to Regensburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944, B-17 42-31142 made a wheels up landing NE of Rethel, FR. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31142

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
An airman of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 4?-??988).

42-39988

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cameron, MO 64429, USA 30 June 1916 Son of Oliver Claud and Minnie L [Chalfant] Haywood.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK, USA 2 November 1942

Other

Shot down

Germany 25 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Regensburg. Damaged by fighters made a wheels up landing Rethel, France 25-Feb-44. POW MACR 2860.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

78-220 Tychowo, Poland 25 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW).Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Las Cruces, NM, USA 2 May 2005
Belen, NM 87002, USA

Buried

Carlsbad, NM 88220, USA Sunset Gardens Cemetery Carlsbad Eddy County New Mexico, USA

Based

Snetterton Heath 25 February 1944 Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2860 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 2860, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Heath pg 90 & 109 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Charles A Haywood: Gallery (2 items)

An airman of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 4?-??988).

Object number: FRE 863 - An airman [tail gunner S/Sgt Charles Haywood] of...

A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch

Object number: FRE 868 - A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin...