Charles T Gray
Military
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UPL 37688
Crew of B-17F 42-29893 "El Diablo" in summer 1943. 1st Lt. John N. Beilstein - Bombardier, top row - 2nd from right
Mel Pins, Des Moines, Iowa
Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29893. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733514
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11065738, O-794097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058103 at enlistment, then O-734095
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: El Diablo
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hotchkiss, Colorado, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 September 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Changed the location of the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1346 / MACR 1346; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 278 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database