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Personal info

Full name
SUMMERS, Charles David
Date of birth
10 September 1911
Age
31
Place of birth
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
Hometown
Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33179631
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
511th Bombardment Squadron,
351st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
15 May 1943
Place of death
North Sea, near Borkum Isle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James F. Summers (father)
Mary E. (Daily) Summers (mother)
Edward A. Summers (brother)
Thomas H. Summers (brother)
Paul A. Summers (brother)
Eugene B. Summers (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3173
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Spare Ball
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad yards
MACR:15581

More information

Charles Summers was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 4 April 1942.

Aircraft was on a bombing mission to attack railroad yards at Emden, Germany when it exploded in mid-air at 54 20 N and 06 18 E. Five or six parachutes were sighted just before the explosion.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Summers Family Tree, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten