Charles W Aldridge Jr
MilitaryDamaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/11/44 in B-17 'Piccadilly Ann II' 42-102651
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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: Piccadilly Ann II
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 11 July 1944 | |
Born |
Racine, Wisconsin, USA |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men of the 710th Squadron ;
- MACR 6937
ContributorAAM
Changes
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MACR 6937 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database