Craig Charles R.

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Charles R. Craig is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-52759) Crash Memorial -493rd Bomber Group

Name:

Charles R. Craig

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

11093394

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1996-04-25

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

640

Decoration:

Comments:

Born December 8, 1921 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He survived the crash, captured and sent to Stag Luft 3, a prisoner of war camp.