Chicago Tribune 5/10/1949 Abstract
"2nd Lieut. Charles Vargos, 8th Air Force, 445 Bomb Grp., 703 Squad. Killed in action Kassel, Germany, Sept. 27, 1944. Son of Peter and Lillian, brother of Norton. Private services Wed., May 11." 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II-Lt. Vergos was killed in action during his World War II .
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2Lt. Vergos was working as a salesperson in Chicago when he enlisted as a Private with the Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois on July 25, 1942.
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Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos KIA
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Unit: 703rd Bomb Sq, 445th Bomb Gp, 8th Army Air Force
Transferred with crew 718 from 492nd BG, 857th BS, per SO#120.
Enlisted Service ID: 16080260; FltO T-123208 & 2Lt O-1996085.
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder
MACR 9387
Target: Kassel Germany
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 41-29579
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Clay Pidgeon"
Location: Crashed 1 Km Southwest of Lindenau, Germany
Cause: Fighters crew of 9 4KIA 5POW
Crew of # "Clay Pidgeon"
1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy E. Ellender Co Pilot POW
1st/Lt. Harold P. Whidden Jr. Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Paul E. DeVries Engineer POW
T/Sgt. John J. Donahue Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. John L. Durr Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Charles J. Deckert Jr. Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Stanley H. Morse Jr. Gunner KIA
"2nd Lieut. Charles Vargos, 8th Air Force, 445 Bomb Grp., 703 Squad. Killed in action Kassel, Germany, Sept. 27, 1944. Son of Peter and Lillian, brother of Norton. Private services Wed., May 11." 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II-Lt. Vergos was killed in action during his World War II .
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2Lt. Vergos was working as a salesperson in Chicago when he enlisted as a Private with the Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois on July 25, 1942.
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Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos KIA
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Unit: 703rd Bomb Sq, 445th Bomb Gp, 8th Army Air Force
Transferred with crew 718 from 492nd BG, 857th BS, per SO#120.
Enlisted Service ID: 16080260; FltO T-123208 & 2Lt O-1996085.
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder
MACR 9387
Target: Kassel Germany
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 41-29579
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Clay Pidgeon"
Location: Crashed 1 Km Southwest of Lindenau, Germany
Cause: Fighters crew of 9 4KIA 5POW
Crew of # "Clay Pidgeon"
1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy E. Ellender Co Pilot POW
1st/Lt. Harold P. Whidden Jr. Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Paul E. DeVries Engineer POW
T/Sgt. John J. Donahue Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. John L. Durr Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Charles J. Deckert Jr. Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Stanley H. Morse Jr. Gunner KIA
Chicago Tribune 5/10/1949 Abstract
"2nd Lieut. Charles Vargos, 8th Air Force, 445 Bomb Grp., 703 Squad. Killed in action Kassel, Germany, Sept. 27, 1944. Son of Peter and Lillian, brother of Norton. Private services Wed., May 11." 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II-Lt. Vergos was killed in action during his World War II .
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2Lt. Vergos was working as a salesperson in Chicago when he enlisted as a Private with the Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois on July 25, 1942.
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Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos KIA
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Unit: 703rd Bomb Sq, 445th Bomb Gp, 8th Army Air Force
Transferred with crew 718 from 492nd BG, 857th BS, per SO#120.
Enlisted Service ID: 16080260; FltO T-123208 & 2Lt O-1996085.
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder
MACR 9387
Target: Kassel Germany
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 41-29579
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Clay Pidgeon"
Location: Crashed 1 Km Southwest of Lindenau, Germany
Cause: Fighters crew of 9 4KIA 5POW
Crew of # "Clay Pidgeon"
1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy E. Ellender Co Pilot POW
1st/Lt. Harold P. Whidden Jr. Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Paul E. DeVries Engineer POW
T/Sgt. John J. Donahue Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. John L. Durr Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Charles J. Deckert Jr. Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Stanley H. Morse Jr. Gunner KIA
"2nd Lieut. Charles Vargos, 8th Air Force, 445 Bomb Grp., 703 Squad. Killed in action Kassel, Germany, Sept. 27, 1944. Son of Peter and Lillian, brother of Norton. Private services Wed., May 11." 2nd Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II-Lt. Vergos was killed in action during his World War II .
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2Lt. Vergos was working as a salesperson in Chicago when he enlisted as a Private with the Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois on July 25, 1942.
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Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos KIA
Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Unit: 703rd Bomb Sq, 445th Bomb Gp, 8th Army Air Force
Transferred with crew 718 from 492nd BG, 857th BS, per SO#120.
Enlisted Service ID: 16080260; FltO T-123208 & 2Lt O-1996085.
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder
MACR 9387
Target: Kassel Germany
Date Lost: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 41-29579
Aircraft Model B-24J
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Clay Pidgeon"
Location: Crashed 1 Km Southwest of Lindenau, Germany
Cause: Fighters crew of 9 4KIA 5POW
Crew of # "Clay Pidgeon"
1st/Lt. Oliver B. Elder Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Roy E. Ellender Co Pilot POW
1st/Lt. Harold P. Whidden Jr. Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Charles Vargos Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Paul E. DeVries Engineer POW
T/Sgt. John J. Donahue Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. John L. Durr Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Charles J. Deckert Jr. Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Stanley H. Morse Jr. Gunner KIA
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2LT, 703 AAF BOMB SQ, 445 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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