Charles Jesse ROBERTS

 

ROBERTS Charles J

Bombardier Class Book 43-10, Victorville Army Air Field, Texas. 
Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-749790
AGE26 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1918 
ETATOKLAHOMA
FAMILY

Married: Opal Edith KOVAR

Parents: Earl & Fay Irene Smith ROBERTS

RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONBomber
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT OK
DATE of ENLISTEMENTDay Month Year  Country STATE
 SQUADRON364th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP305th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th U.S. Army Air Forces
DATE OF DEATH7 January 1944roberts charles j tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCommune  Estree-Blanche - AIRE-SUR-LA-LYS
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E

"Daley's Male"

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Takeoff Station 105 Chelveston, Nothamptonshire

Shots by flak -Engine 3 then 2 HS engine, explosion in the bomb bay, elevator and right wing affected

Airplane evacuated in flames at low altitude around 13:40

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D2326
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

usaf 8air force 305bg 364bs
STORY
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E

"Daley's Male"

1st Lieutenant Neil H. LATHROP Pilot Escaped  O-802866 - Né le 30/09/1921 - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA  - Evasion par réseau Fillerin et Marie-Odile par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar - Retour UK 02/05/1944
2nd Lieutenant Jesse R. CROOKSHANKS CoPilot Prisoner- Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  O-808793 - Jonesboro, TENNESSEE
2nd Lieutenant Gordon D. PROUT Navigator Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  
O-809715 - Long Branch, NEW JERSEY
2nd Lieutenant Charles J.  ROBERTS Bomber Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-749790 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, California
T/Sergeant Joseph W. GEIGER Radio/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  13154135 - Oakmont, PENNSYLVANIA
T/Sergeant Earl L. ADAMS Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  38192286 - Tulsa, OKLAHOMA
S/Sergeant Elmer LEJEUNE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 38483001 - AM/PH - LOUISIANA
Sergeant Alfred E. WENDT Gunner Escaped  35348358 - Né 27/07/1920 - Oak Harbor, OHIO - Caché par les FFI pendant 6 mois
S/Sergeant George E. AYER Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  15334566 - Utica, KENTUCKY
S/Sergeant Otto A. DAMBACH Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  12203831 - Newark, NEW JERSEY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAbmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries 
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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