Charles E Hoffman
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Charles Hoffman is standing 2nd right
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Object Number - UPL 7333 - A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, including Second Lieutenant Don Winston Lusk Jr and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24526)...
Shot down 3 January 1943 in B-17F 41-24526 'Leaping Liz' while serving as Navigator. Target was U/B yards (submarines) at St. Nazaire, France. Fighters attacked and plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Participated in 5 Operations - 1 Abort (see Biography events)
Connections
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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
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
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Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 2LT Charles E. Hoffman, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Navigator on B-17 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #2 2LT Charles E. Hoffmann, w/41-24539, 303BG/358BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Navigator on B-17F 41-24539, "Jersey Bounce" on mission to bomb the Carriage and Wagon Works at Lille, France. (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #3 2LT Charles E. Hoffman, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/358BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Navigator on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS. Mission was to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures force the Pilto to abort the mission (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #4 2LT Charles E. Hoffmann, w/B-17F 41-24526, 303BG/458BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Navigator on B-17F 41-24526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-su-Seine, France. (RTB OK) |
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Other Mission #5 2LT Charles E. Hoffman, w/B-17 41-24526, 303BG/358B KIAS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Navigator on B-17F 41-23526, "Leapin' Liz", 303BG/358BS. Mission was to bomb the torpedo storage areas at St. Nazaire, France (KIA). |
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Born |
Penn Grove, New Jersey, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed into the sea near the target. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015. Made connections to Aircraft and Mission per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 10-Aug-2015 Added Mission events #1 thru #5 per 303BG website Mission Reports, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 7650; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added crew position and made minor edits to biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7650 / MACR 7650, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 60,
href=www.303rdBG.com>www.303rdBG.com> roster / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database