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STIRNEMAN, Charles Harry - Date of
birth
15 May 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Seattle, King County, Washington -
Hometown
Redlands, San Bernardino County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-743864 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier/Navigator -
Unit
456th Bombardment Squadron,
323rd Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
18 April 1944 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the shore of Dunkirk, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Herman U. Stirneman (father)
Hazel M. (Hickerson) Stirneman (mother)
Ruth M. Stirneman (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-31873 -
Data
Type: B-26B
Destination: Dunkerque, France
Mission: Bombing of gun positions and a marshalling yard
MACR: 4003
More information
1st Lt Charles H. Stirneman graduated from Redlands High School in 1940.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army on 28 August 1940 at March Field, California. He served the first 18 months in the Air Corps Bureau of Meteorology and he transferred to flight training in 1942.
This airplane was hit by flak in the nose, it pulled up under B-26 # 41-35006 and rammed its tail. Both aircraft crashed into the see.
The entire crew of five men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Redlands High School 1940, www.newspapers.com - The San Bernadino County Sun 22 April 1943