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SCULLY, Charles Henry - Date of
birth
29 March 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35788429 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 April 1944 - Place of
death
Dummerstorf, 6 miles southeast of Rostock, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 4 | 50 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry Scully (father)
Mary A. (Moorhead) Scully (mother)
Laura M. Scully (sister)
John P. Scully (brother)
Mary L. Brackenridge (half-sister)
Mary L. Scully (wife)
John Scully (son)
Mary A. Scully (daughter)
Kathleen Scully (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-39869 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Heaven Can Wait
Destination: Rostock, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heinkel aviation industry
MACR: 3806
More information
S/Sgt Charles H. Scully enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 February 1943.The airplane was under attack by Fw-190s just before the target. It had a hole in the right aileron and another in the right wing where the main gas tanks are located. The airplane winged over to the left and back in a slicing dive, gas spraying out and enveloping it in flames. No parachutes were seen to leave the aircraft. The entire crew of 10 was killed.
The killed crew members were initially buried at the New Cemetery at Rostock on 17 April 1944. They were disinterred and evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery on 10 April 1947.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten