Charles H. Matthes  Photo: AS 25 MAY 2015   Updated:  18 JUN 2015

Airman: e556014.htm Surname: Matthes Init: C H Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 333

P_link: p194.htm Plane: B17 4230450 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d260743 Buried_d: e556a C_link: e556a.htm At_Next: Ardennes, BELGIUM

Den 26. juli 1943 kl. 14.43 blev et amerikansk bombefly skudt ned over Helgolands-bugten (omkring her). Kun 1 flyver overlevede. (Kilde: FAF)

2nd Lieutenant Charles H. Matthes var Navigator på B17 42-30450.
Han blev begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery Plot A Row 18 Grave 8.
Han kom i tjeneste fra New York. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

2 flyvere fra B17 42-30450 blev begravet i Lemvig og 1 i Esbjerg. 2 blev begravet i Belgien og
4 har ingen kendt grav. 1 flyver blev krigsfange.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner.

10 flyvere.

On 26 July 1943 at 14.43 hours an American bomber was shot down over the Bay of Heligoland (about here). Only 1 airman survived. (Source: FAF)

2nd Lieutenant Charles H. Matthes was the Navigator of B17 42-30450. He was buried at Ardennes American Cemetery Plot A Row 18 Grave 8.
He entered the Service from New York. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

2 airmen from B17 42-30450 were buried in Lemvig and 1 in Esbjerg. 2 were buried in BELGIUM and 4 have no known grave. 1 airman became a POW.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17 * Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk
B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.

333 BS, 94 BG, 4 BW, 3 BD, 8 AF. See 94th Bomb Group. It took off from RAF Rougham - USAAF Station 468.  10 airmen.