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Personal info

Full name
WYLIE, Charles E
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Union County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
18165816
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Gunner
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 April 1943
Place of death
North Sea, north of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 22 11

Immediate family

Members
Dan N. Wylie (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5251
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Bodacious Critter
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory
MACR: 15519

More information

S/Sgt Charles E. Wylie volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 15 September 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The airplane was hit by flak. Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Three men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arkansas Gazette - 15 November 1942