Charles W. Dungan                                                                                                  Updated:  30 JAN 2018

Airman: v999081.htm Surname: Dungan Init: C W Rank: 2ndLt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 77

P_link: p380.htm Plane: P51 4425046 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Kattegat

Crash_d: d071044 Buried_d: v999 C_link: v999.htm At_Next: EVD to S

Den 7. oktober 1944 styrtede P51 44-25046 i Kattegat, måske omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"7. oktober 1944 (Kl. 13.45). Sydlige del af Kattegat. Mustang P-51 C 44-25064 (LC-Q). 77 FS, 20 FG, 67 FW, 1 BD, Kingscliffe, Northants.
(Bomber escort til Pölitz) 1 ESC

Under eskorte af bombefly til olieraffinaderierne i Pölitz (her) foretog enheden et angreb på en flyveplads nær Peenemünde (her). 2nd Lt Charles W. Dungan fik skudt
dele af højderoret væk og motoren blev ramt, hvilket medførte et hurtigt fald i olietrykket. Kort efter forlod Lt Dungan formationen, og kl. 13.42 kaldte han over radioen
og sagde, at han nu sprang ud af flyet. Lt Dungan landede i Kattegat, og efter at have sejlet i 24 timer i sin gummibåd, nåede han Nordsjællands kyst (omkring her).
Her blev han hjulpet af en dansk familie for senere at blive befordret til København via Hillerød (her) pr. tandem, og den 13. november var han via Sverige tilbage i
England." (FT 88-42-37)

Se den officielle Peenemunde, Historical Technical Information Center og Peenemünde i Wikipedia.
Se også P-51 Mustang - Photos. Denne P-51 Mustang startede fra RAF Kingscliffe - USAAF Station 367. 1 flyver.

On 7 October 1944 P51 44-25046 crashed into the Kattegat, maybe about here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"7 October 1944 (13.45 hours). Southern part of the Kattegat. Mustang P-51 C 44-25064 (LC-Q). 77 FS, 20 FG, 67 FW, 1 BD, Kingscliffe, Northants.
(Bomber escort to Pölitz) 1 ESC

During escort of bombers targeting the oil refineries in Pölitz (here) the formation attacked an airfield near Peenemünde (here).  2nd Lt Charles W. Dungan had parts
of his elevator shot away, and a hit in the engine caused a rapidly decreasing oil pressure. Shortly after Lt Dungan left the formation. At 13.42 hours he called on the
 radio to report that he was about to bail out. Lt Dungan landed in the Kattegat. After 24 hours in his dinghy he reached the north coast of Zealand (about here).
Here a Danish family helped him and later he was taken to Copenhagen via Hillerød (here) on a tandem. Via Sweden he was back in England on 13 November."
(FT 88-42-37)

See the official Peenemunde, Historical Technical Information Center and Peenemünde in Wikipedia.
See also P-51 Mustang - Photos. This P-51 Mustang took off from RAF Kingscliffe - USAAF Station 367. See the Glenn Miller Memorial at RAF Kingscliffe. 1 airman.