Name:
Charles H. King
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
AO 27 501
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Date of Death:
1948-07-25
State:
South Dakota
Cemetery:
Britton Cemetery, Britton, South Dakota
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Charles H. King was born on June 18, 1922. He served in the Berlin Airlift as a First Lieutenant and pilot of the C-47 #43-49534.
On July 25, 1948, 1LT Stuber and 1LT King were piloting a C-47B from Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Airfield to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport as part of the Berlin Airlift effort to resupply the City of Berlin. On approach to Tempelhof, the aircraft struck the top of a building and crashed into the street in front of an apartment building at Handjery-Strasse 2, Berlin-Friedenau. Both men were killed. 1LT King is buried now in the Britton Cemetery, Britton, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA.
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