Charles Dolan Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Co-Pilot - Edward Lehnhausen Crew
44th BG - 68th BS
KIA 18 October 1944
Object Number - UPL 32238 - 2LT Charles Dolan, Jr. Co-Pilot - Edward Lehnhausen Crew 44th BG - 68th BS KIA 18 October 1944
Joined Sqd 9/13/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 10/18/44 (Leverkusen). Pilot: Lehnhausen, E. Plane was B-24 'Flak Magnet' #4250596
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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: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764355
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 October 1944
- Date: 17 October 1944
- Date: 15 October 1944
- Date: 14 October 1944
- Date: 9 October 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
4364 TB Buttinge, Netherlands | 18 October 1944 | KIA when his B+24 collided with another 44th BG B-24 while attempting to penetrate a thunderstorm front near the coast returning from the mission to Leverkusen |
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Born |
Massachusetts, USA | ||
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Buried |
Plot B Row 3 Grave 32 Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | ||
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Other 44th BG Combat Tour |
Shipdham, UK |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd MACR 9654
