Charlie Leroy Dugosh

Military
media-48194.jpeg UPL 48194 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 20th Combat Wing, 448th Bomb Group, 712th Bomb Squadron, Crew #17.
L-R Stand.- Sgt Robert Cook (G), Sgt Jack Porter (G), Sgt Kenneth Dyer (R), Sgt Billy Espich (G), Sgt Edwin Pixley (G), SSgt Charlie Dugosh (E)
L-R Kneeling - 1st Lt Robert Winn (P), 2nd Lt James Harmon (CP), 2nd Lt David Tobin (N), 2nd Lt Richard Brady (B) Billy J Espich collection

Billy J Espich WWII Collection

Object Number - UPL 48194 - 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 20th Combat Wing, 448th Bomb Group, 712th Bomb Squadron, Crew #17. L-R Stand.- Sgt Robert Cook (G), Sgt Jack Porter...

Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. On 5-Jan-44 B-24H 42-64451. Upon landing in poor visibility and ice on runway, A/C ran off runway and crashed. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim in B-24 41-28763, hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596.



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Two airmen of the 466th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation
The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066679 / O-688504
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15330812
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35568310
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15354024
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811199
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sequoia gal
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bandera, TX 17 July 1923 Son of Cleofus Matthew and Mary Lucetta [Elsworth] Dugosh.

Enlisted

San Antonio, TX 10 November 1942 San Antonio, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 1 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Other

Crash landed

Arras, France 1 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim in B-24 41-28763 hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596.

Died

Kerrville, TX 10 April 2015

Buried

Garden of Memories Cemetery Kerrville, Kerr County, TX 13 April 2015 Garden of Memories Cemetery Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
Bandera County, TX, USA

Based

Hethel 1 April 1944 Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Seething Assigned to 712BS, 488BG, 8AF USAAF.

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MACR 3596 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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