Charles John Sullivan Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA). Shot down by fighters and crashed near Chemnitz-Borna, Germany in B-17 "Destiny's Child" #42-31812.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38539322
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18043858 at enlistment, then O-769095
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31252904
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17120493 at enlistment, then O-717239
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39410240
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Destiny's Child
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Haven, Connecticut | 23 June 1919 | |
Enlisted |
14 January 1943 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
20 July 1944 | in the crash of B-17 #42-31812, near Chemnitz-Borna, Germany | |
New Haven, Connecticut | |||
Buried |
Initially buried in Germany, Charles H. Sullivan Jr's rest at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium, Plot A, Row 32, Grave 22 |
Revisions
NARA Air Medal card on page 243 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143862213
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
WWII Draft Card
MACR 7281
ABMC website
German report AV-1215/44 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238571 about the death of Navigator Loomis of 42-31812 has that plane’s crash location near Chemnitz-Borna. Confusion in the German records, and thus the MACRs of 42-31812 (MACR 7281) and 43-37264 (MACR 2783) shot down the same day. It's 43-37264 which crashed near Sankt-Egidien, 6km SE of Glauchau, which is 25km West of Chemnitz...
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Added a connection to A/C #42-31812 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7281