Charles R Kuehn
MilitaryShot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29971. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew on Vernon Cole crew. Completed 14 missions. Retired from USAF 17 Dec. 1957.
Charles was afterwards Senior Systems Analyst for RCA Clocom until 1984. He died of leukemia 27th September 1994 in Raleigh NC.
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Jimmie, Memphis Blues
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
4 June 1921 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 819 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database