Charles W Gilmore

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Charles W Gilmore served as a pilot with the 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group.



On 17 September 1944, Gilmore was flying C-47 42-100801 as it towed a glider during Operation Market Garden enroute to Eindhoven. Near Bladel, Holland the number 2 engine was hit by flak. The glider was released and the C-47 crashed out of control killing all four of its crew members.



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Units served with

Aircraft

42-100801

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Picadilly Filly
  • Unit: 437th Troop Carrier Group 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Neterselseweg, Bladel Municipality, Netherlands 17 September 1944 Operation Market Garden (Invasion of Holland)

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky 22 December 1948 On December 22, 1948, three crewmembers were buried with two crew from C47 42-108884 ~ 1LT Edward J Petersen, Jr and James B Rice ~ at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Section E, Lots 13-14.
4250 N Woodburn St, Shorewood, WI 53211, USA Address given in MACR 9903 for his wife Jean

Revisions

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ContributorPJM
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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3299472/_
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMX5-ZXW : 5 December 2014), Charles W Gilmore, enlisted 11 Apr 1942, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 9903 through Fold3.com
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gilmore&GSfn=Char…;