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SSgt Charles Elliott Osborne

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SSgt Charles Elliott Osborne Veteran

Birth
Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Death
29 May 1945 (aged 21)
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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S/Sgt. Charles E. Osborne, KIA
Hometown: Illinois
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 36479859
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2/Lt Jack Eley, POW Montgomery, AL

Target:Merseburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5387
Date Lost: 28-May-44
Serial Number: 42-110074
Aircraft Model B-24J-130-CO
Aircraft Letter:P-
Aircraft Name: SATAN'S MATE
Location: French Coast from Dunkirk in mine-infested waters
Cause: MECH 6 KIA, 3 POW
Notes: Ditched after mechanical problems.
Sgt. Osborne body was never recovered.

This according a crew member family history- The aircraft was forced down off the French Coast from Dunkirk in mine-infested waters and no trace of him was ever found though rescue attempts were made by Air-Sea Rescue Service.

Visit the virtual cemetery of the "SATAN'S MATE"" Crew. Click here

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Illinois.


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56360135/charles_elliott-osborne: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Charles Elliott Osborne (3 Mar 1924–29 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56360135, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).