U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-820744
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Charles W. Hayes is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Knox County, Tennessee.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Helen H. Hayes (Wife)
Kingston Pike, Tennessee
Information below gleaned from: https://www.etvma.org/veterans/charles-w-hayes-7823/
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Historical Note: B-17-G AC#43-37920 was delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming, 5th of June 1944, then delivered to Kearney, Nebraska on 19th of June 1944, then to Grenier, New Hampshire 30th of June 1944, then ferried to Polebrook, England on the 17th of July 1944 and assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron 351st Bomber Group, with the designation DS-L.
Flying the 6th combat mission of this B-17, on the 6th of August 1944, this aircraft was to bomb an aircraft parts factory at Brandenburg, Germany. It was hit by flak and fighters until it was unable to fly and crashed at Wilhelmshorst, Germany. The following crew flew the ship's last mission:
Pilot Lt George Uttley Jr. KIA Missouri.
Co-Pilot Lt Charles W Hayes KIA Tennessee.
Lt Milton A. Shier POW
Bombardier Lt James A. Ralston Jr. KIA Baltimore Maryland.
SSgt Cecil F. Badgett KIA.
SSgt Alvin Bernstein POW.
Sgt William T. Saunders KIA
Sgt Joe Garza KIA
Sgt Marion C. Covendale KIA
Charles Williston Hayes was a premed student at the University of Tennessee when he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in WWII. He was a B17 pilot and was shot down and killed in an air raid to Berlin on August 6, 1944. He had married prior to enlisting and his son Tucky was born while he was in flight training in Georgia. His wife Helen had their daughter Linda after he went to England with the 511th Squadron of the 351th Bomb Group at Polbrook Airfield.
Enlisted on March 4, 1942
Parents: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes and Margaret Edna Kidd
Sibling: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes, Jr.
Married to Helen Juanita Farnham
Children: Tucky and Linda Hayes
Nicknamed: Billy
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Doug P Find A Grave ID 51221810 for updating the birth date/location information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank ernie Find A Grave ID 48454782 for adding his photo of Charles to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and nickname information as well as linking his parents and spouse to it***
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Charles W. Hayes is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Knox County, Tennessee.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Helen H. Hayes (Wife)
Kingston Pike, Tennessee
Information below gleaned from: https://www.etvma.org/veterans/charles-w-hayes-7823/
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Historical Note: B-17-G AC#43-37920 was delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming, 5th of June 1944, then delivered to Kearney, Nebraska on 19th of June 1944, then to Grenier, New Hampshire 30th of June 1944, then ferried to Polebrook, England on the 17th of July 1944 and assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron 351st Bomber Group, with the designation DS-L.
Flying the 6th combat mission of this B-17, on the 6th of August 1944, this aircraft was to bomb an aircraft parts factory at Brandenburg, Germany. It was hit by flak and fighters until it was unable to fly and crashed at Wilhelmshorst, Germany. The following crew flew the ship's last mission:
Pilot Lt George Uttley Jr. KIA Missouri.
Co-Pilot Lt Charles W Hayes KIA Tennessee.
Lt Milton A. Shier POW
Bombardier Lt James A. Ralston Jr. KIA Baltimore Maryland.
SSgt Cecil F. Badgett KIA.
SSgt Alvin Bernstein POW.
Sgt William T. Saunders KIA
Sgt Joe Garza KIA
Sgt Marion C. Covendale KIA
Charles Williston Hayes was a premed student at the University of Tennessee when he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in WWII. He was a B17 pilot and was shot down and killed in an air raid to Berlin on August 6, 1944. He had married prior to enlisting and his son Tucky was born while he was in flight training in Georgia. His wife Helen had their daughter Linda after he went to England with the 511th Squadron of the 351th Bomb Group at Polbrook Airfield.
Enlisted on March 4, 1942
Parents: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes and Margaret Edna Kidd
Sibling: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes, Jr.
Married to Helen Juanita Farnham
Children: Tucky and Linda Hayes
Nicknamed: Billy
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Doug P Find A Grave ID 51221810 for updating the birth date/location information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank ernie Find A Grave ID 48454782 for adding his photo of Charles to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and nickname information as well as linking his parents and spouse to it***
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-820744
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Charles W. Hayes is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Knox County, Tennessee.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Helen H. Hayes (Wife)
Kingston Pike, Tennessee
Information below gleaned from: https://www.etvma.org/veterans/charles-w-hayes-7823/
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Historical Note: B-17-G AC#43-37920 was delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming, 5th of June 1944, then delivered to Kearney, Nebraska on 19th of June 1944, then to Grenier, New Hampshire 30th of June 1944, then ferried to Polebrook, England on the 17th of July 1944 and assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron 351st Bomber Group, with the designation DS-L.
Flying the 6th combat mission of this B-17, on the 6th of August 1944, this aircraft was to bomb an aircraft parts factory at Brandenburg, Germany. It was hit by flak and fighters until it was unable to fly and crashed at Wilhelmshorst, Germany. The following crew flew the ship's last mission:
Pilot Lt George Uttley Jr. KIA Missouri.
Co-Pilot Lt Charles W Hayes KIA Tennessee.
Lt Milton A. Shier POW
Bombardier Lt James A. Ralston Jr. KIA Baltimore Maryland.
SSgt Cecil F. Badgett KIA.
SSgt Alvin Bernstein POW.
Sgt William T. Saunders KIA
Sgt Joe Garza KIA
Sgt Marion C. Covendale KIA
Charles Williston Hayes was a premed student at the University of Tennessee when he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in WWII. He was a B17 pilot and was shot down and killed in an air raid to Berlin on August 6, 1944. He had married prior to enlisting and his son Tucky was born while he was in flight training in Georgia. His wife Helen had their daughter Linda after he went to England with the 511th Squadron of the 351th Bomb Group at Polbrook Airfield.
Enlisted on March 4, 1942
Parents: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes and Margaret Edna Kidd
Sibling: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes, Jr.
Married to Helen Juanita Farnham
Children: Tucky and Linda Hayes
Nicknamed: Billy
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Doug P Find A Grave ID 51221810 for updating the birth date/location information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank ernie Find A Grave ID 48454782 for adding his photo of Charles to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and nickname information as well as linking his parents and spouse to it***
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Charles W. Hayes is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Knox County, Tennessee.
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:
Mrs. Helen H. Hayes (Wife)
Kingston Pike, Tennessee
Information below gleaned from: https://www.etvma.org/veterans/charles-w-hayes-7823/
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Lt. Charles Williston Hayes was a graduate of the 63rd Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment, Turner Field at Douglas, Georgia. Class 1944-A. He was flying what was thought to be his 15th combat mission. He appeared to be unhurt when he and the crew bailed out. It is speculated that he was killed by German soldiers on the ground.
Historical Note: B-17-G AC#43-37920 was delivered to Cheyenne, Wyoming, 5th of June 1944, then delivered to Kearney, Nebraska on 19th of June 1944, then to Grenier, New Hampshire 30th of June 1944, then ferried to Polebrook, England on the 17th of July 1944 and assigned to the 511th Bomber Squadron 351st Bomber Group, with the designation DS-L.
Flying the 6th combat mission of this B-17, on the 6th of August 1944, this aircraft was to bomb an aircraft parts factory at Brandenburg, Germany. It was hit by flak and fighters until it was unable to fly and crashed at Wilhelmshorst, Germany. The following crew flew the ship's last mission:
Pilot Lt George Uttley Jr. KIA Missouri.
Co-Pilot Lt Charles W Hayes KIA Tennessee.
Lt Milton A. Shier POW
Bombardier Lt James A. Ralston Jr. KIA Baltimore Maryland.
SSgt Cecil F. Badgett KIA.
SSgt Alvin Bernstein POW.
Sgt William T. Saunders KIA
Sgt Joe Garza KIA
Sgt Marion C. Covendale KIA
Charles Williston Hayes was a premed student at the University of Tennessee when he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces in WWII. He was a B17 pilot and was shot down and killed in an air raid to Berlin on August 6, 1944. He had married prior to enlisting and his son Tucky was born while he was in flight training in Georgia. His wife Helen had their daughter Linda after he went to England with the 511th Squadron of the 351th Bomb Group at Polbrook Airfield.
Enlisted on March 4, 1942
Parents: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes and Margaret Edna Kidd
Sibling: Tuckey John Tyler Hayes, Jr.
Married to Helen Juanita Farnham
Children: Tucky and Linda Hayes
Nicknamed: Billy
***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Dominique Potier Find A Grave ID 47278008 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank Doug P Find A Grave ID 51221810 for updating the birth date/location information on this memorial***
***I would like to thank ernie Find A Grave ID 48454782 for adding his photo of Charles to this memorial in addition to updating the middle name and nickname information as well as linking his parents and spouse to it***
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