Charles Elliot Poage Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 20643 - 2nd Lt Charles E Poage Jr. 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Charles Poage arrived the the 4th Fighter Group on 13 July 1944. He was assigned to the 335th Squadron. During September, he accounted for four enemy aircraft destroyed.
On 24 December the group, returning from a mission was prevented from landing at Debden due to poor weather. They ended up at Raydon, where they spent the night.
On Christmas Day, still unable to return to Debden, the group flew a mission from Raydon to support bombers in the Bonn/Trier area. Thirty-plus Luftwaffe fighters were encountered and the 4th Fighter Group shot down twelve of them. Unfortunately, two of groups aircraft were shot down; Charles Poage had to bale out of his P-51 Mustang 'Ascend Charlie' and became a POW. Donald Emerson, who had shot down two of the enemy aircraft, was shot down and killed by anti-aircraft fire.
Charles Poage had six victories to his credit.
Awards: AM (4 OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813134
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fresno, CA, USA | 12 June 1923 | Son of Charles E and Emma D Poage. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 November 1942 | |
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Other Crashed |
Newport, GA 30522, USA | 14 March 1944 | Crashed Belly Landing due to Engine Failure 10 Miles Sth Harris Neck AAF, Newport, GA Cat 4 damage 2Lt Charles E Poage, 14-Mar-44. P-40N 43-24101 - 500FBS 85FG 3AF. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 13 July 1944 - 25 December 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down |
Zissenweg, 41379 Brüggen, Germany | 25 December 1944 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 25 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 23 October 1965 | |
| Santa Clara County, CA, USA | |||
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Buried |
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA | Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes Los Angeles County California USA |
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Removed verbatim details from 4th FG Association profile page for Poage: http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_p…
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- / MACR 11166 /;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group' by Frank Speer. (User: apollo11)
My name is Jennifer L. Polson. I am the youngest surviving daughter of Charles E. Poage Jr. I changed entry of where he was born from Los Angeles, CA to Fresno, CA.
MACR 11166 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
