CHARLES

CHARLES "CHARLIE" DELTA - 8th AF, WESTERN EUROPE, AUTUMN 1942-WINTER 1943

1st Lt., 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, 8th AF

Earned the "BURST" Ace Ability

EVENT	Mission #	Mission Type	Flight Position	Kills	Type of Kills		Number of times shot down	Escort Points	Status	Ace Ability
GMT-2004	1	Lille Mission	P-38F Wm	0	None		0	0	Active	---
		Transferred to Autumn 1943 Western Europe Campaign
GMT-2004	2	Escort B-17F	P-38F Wm	1	1 Fw-190A		0	0	Active	---
GMT-2004	3	Escort B-17F	P-38F Wm	0	None		0	0	Active	---
GMT-2004	4	Escort B-17F	P-38F Wm	1	Bf-109G		0	0	Active	---
CSW-2005	5	Escort B-17F	P-38J Wm	0	None		0	-1	Active	---
CSW-2006	6	Escort B-17F	P-38J Wm	0	None		0	0	Active	---
CSW-2006	7	Escort B-24J	P-38J Wm	1	Bf-109G		0	0	Active	---
CSW-2006	8	Escort B-17F	P-38J Wm	0	None		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2006	9	Escort B-17F	P-38J Wm	1	Bf-109G		0	+1	Active	---
CSW-2006	10	Escort B-17F	P-38J Wm	0	None		0	+1	Active	---
CSW-2006	11	Escort B-17F	P-38J Ldr	0	None		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2006	12	Escort B-17F	P-38J Ldr	0	None		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2006	13	Escort B-17F	P-38J Ldr	0	None		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2007	14	Escort B-24J	P-38J Ldr	0	None		0	-1	Active	---
CSW-2007	15	Escort B-17F	P-38J Ldr	1	Bf-109G		1	0	Active	---
CSW-2007	16	Escort B-17F	P-38J Ldr	0	None		1	0	Active	B
CSW-2007	17	Escort B-17s	P-38J Ldr	1	Fw-190A		0	0	Active	B
CSW-2007	18	Escort B-24J	P-38J Ldr	1	Fw-190A		1	0	KIA	B
TOTALS	18			7	3 Fw-190As	4 Bf-109Gs	7	0	KIA	B

PILOT HISTORY:

Assigned as wingman to 1st Lt. Able Baker on mission 1.
Provided escort for B-24D, B-17E & B-17F on Raid on Lille, Sept. 1942
Shot down 5-Kill Bf-109G Ace, Lt. Anton Unger on mission 4.
Transitioned to the P-38J after mission 4.
Assigned section leadership on mission 11 after 1st Lt. Able Baker was shot down and captured on mission 10.
Shot down by Fw-190A Ace Lt. Wolfgang Puck on mission 11. Bailed out over Channel and picked up by Air-Sea rescue.
Second 8th Air Force P-38J ace and fifth overall P-38 ace in the DIF Aces Campaigns.
Most missions flown (18) by a P-38 pilot.

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