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Personal info

Full name
UPSHAW, Charles Christian
Date of birth
30 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-762839
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Mickey Operator
Unit
850th Bombardment Squadron,
490th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Gross Zerlang, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur M. Upshaw (father)
Mazie R. Upshaw (mother)
Mazie Upshaw (sister)
Harry M. Upshaw (brother)
Helena Upshaw (sister)
Ethel F. (Adams) Upshaw (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
44-8140
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
MACR: 11046

More information

Charles Upshaw graduated from High Point High School and
worked for the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturer of High Point.

He enlisted in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on 26 August 1942

The airplane left the formation at 1044 hours immediately after bombs away after it was hit by fighters and flak.

Source of information: Michel Beckers, Eric Swain - 490th Bomb Group, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / World War II Army Enlistment Records / Family Trees, www.newspaperarchive.com - High Point Enterprise

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bomber Class Book 43-18, Victorville AAF, California, www.newspaperarchive.com - High Point Enterprise