Name:
Charles Pittman Surles
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Serial Number:
J/89305
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-17
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Britischer Kriegsfriedhof Kiel, Kiel, Stadtkreis Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Plot:
USA. 3
Row:
C
Grave:
17
Decoration:
Comments:
Charles Pittman Surles of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served in the #420 Snowy Owl Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 17, 1944, when his Halifax aircraft # MZ 687 went down in the Baltic Sea during a night raid against Kiel, Germany.