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Personal info

Full name
RANDEL, Charles Robert "Bobbie"
Date of birth
17 March 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota
Hometown
Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37315856
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 October 1943
Place of death
Soesterdijkerstraatweg
De Bilt, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 1 13

Immediate family

Members
Harry Randel (father)
Esther M. (Baisley) Wright (mother)
David T. Randel (brother)
Pearl V. Randel (sister)
Marion Randel (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3439
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Düren, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the iIndustrial area
MACR: 1018

More information

Charles Randel was employed by the Bemidji Auto Parts Co.

Shot down by Oblt Erich Burkert, in a Bf 109G bomber, crashed on house of Mr. Rijksen, on Soesterdijker Straatweg, at De Bilt, near Utrecht, Holland.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 1018, www.ancestry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, J.(Co) de Swart / http://www.gallery.mighty8thaf.preller.us/main.php?g2_itemId=24319