From FAG Contributor:48612389
PRESS RELEASE | Nov. 17, 2021
Airman Accounted For From World War II (McMackin, C.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin, 26, of Boston, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 17, 2020.
In the summer of 1943, McMackin was assigned to the 68th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which McMackin was serving as a bombardier crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel, disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for identification. The AGRC was unable to identify more than 80 unknowns from Bolovan Cemetery, and those remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both in Belgium.
In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with unaccounted for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
To identify McMackin's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
McMackin's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Impruneta, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
McMackin will be buried April 14, 2022, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
McMackin's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pN0EAI.
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Bombardier S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin KIA DFC
Hometown: Revere, Mass
Squadron: 68th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 11047450
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot Capt. Rowland B. Houston KIA
Target: Target Blue Ploesti
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40995
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: SATAN'S HELL CATS
Location: Crashed near Brazi South of Ploesti. 9 KIA
Cause: ME-109 Only 6 bodies identified.
Sgt.Mcmackin was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 44th BG destroy Romanian oil refineries.
42-40995 Crew
Captain Rowland B. Houston Pilot
1st/Lt. Louis V. Girard Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. William Scott Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stephen F. Sevick Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Joe F. Ward Asst. Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin Bombardier/Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clyde W. Carlton Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt. Milford L Spears Gunner
PRESS RELEASE | Nov. 17, 2021
Airman Accounted For From World War II (McMackin, C.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin, 26, of Boston, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 17, 2020.
In the summer of 1943, McMackin was assigned to the 68th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which McMackin was serving as a bombardier crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel, disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for identification. The AGRC was unable to identify more than 80 unknowns from Bolovan Cemetery, and those remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both in Belgium.
In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with unaccounted for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
To identify McMackin's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
McMackin's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Impruneta, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
McMackin will be buried April 14, 2022, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
McMackin's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pN0EAI.
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Bombardier S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin KIA DFC
Hometown: Revere, Mass
Squadron: 68th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 11047450
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot Capt. Rowland B. Houston KIA
Target: Target Blue Ploesti
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40995
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: SATAN'S HELL CATS
Location: Crashed near Brazi South of Ploesti. 9 KIA
Cause: ME-109 Only 6 bodies identified.
Sgt.Mcmackin was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 44th BG destroy Romanian oil refineries.
42-40995 Crew
Captain Rowland B. Houston Pilot
1st/Lt. Louis V. Girard Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. William Scott Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stephen F. Sevick Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Joe F. Ward Asst. Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin Bombardier/Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clyde W. Carlton Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt. Milford L Spears Gunner
From FAG Contributor:48612389
PRESS RELEASE | Nov. 17, 2021
Airman Accounted For From World War II (McMackin, C.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin, 26, of Boston, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 17, 2020.
In the summer of 1943, McMackin was assigned to the 68th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which McMackin was serving as a bombardier crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel, disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for identification. The AGRC was unable to identify more than 80 unknowns from Bolovan Cemetery, and those remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both in Belgium.
In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with unaccounted for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
To identify McMackin's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
McMackin's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Impruneta, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
McMackin will be buried April 14, 2022, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
McMackin's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pN0EAI.
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Bombardier S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin KIA DFC
Hometown: Revere, Mass
Squadron: 68th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 11047450
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot Capt. Rowland B. Houston KIA
Target: Target Blue Ploesti
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40995
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: SATAN'S HELL CATS
Location: Crashed near Brazi South of Ploesti. 9 KIA
Cause: ME-109 Only 6 bodies identified.
Sgt.Mcmackin was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 44th BG destroy Romanian oil refineries.
42-40995 Crew
Captain Rowland B. Houston Pilot
1st/Lt. Louis V. Girard Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. William Scott Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stephen F. Sevick Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Joe F. Ward Asst. Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin Bombardier/Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clyde W. Carlton Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt. Milford L Spears Gunner
PRESS RELEASE | Nov. 17, 2021
Airman Accounted For From World War II (McMackin, C.)
WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin, 26, of Boston, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 17, 2020.
In the summer of 1943, McMackin was assigned to the 68th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Liberator aircraft on which McMackin was serving as a bombardier crashed as a result of enemy anti-aircraft fire during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. His remains were not identified following the war. The remains that could not be identified were buried as Unknowns in the Hero Section of the Civilian and Military Cemetery of Bolovan, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania.
Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), the organization that searched for and recovered fallen American personnel, disinterred all American remains from the Bolovan Cemetery for identification. The AGRC was unable to identify more than 80 unknowns from Bolovan Cemetery, and those remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both in Belgium.
In 2017, DPAA began exhuming unknowns believed to be associated with unaccounted for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses. These remains were sent to the DPAA Laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, for examination and identification.
To identify McMackin's remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
McMackin's name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Impruneta, Italy, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
McMackin will be buried April 14, 2022, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
DPAA is grateful to the American Battle Monuments Commission and to the U.S. Army Regional Mortuary-Europe/Africa for their partnership in this mission.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, or find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
McMackin's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000004pN0EAI.
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Bombardier S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin KIA DFC
Hometown: Revere, Mass
Squadron: 68th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 11047450
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot Capt. Rowland B. Houston KIA
Target: Target Blue Ploesti
Date Lost: 1-Aug-43
Serial Number: 42-40995
Aircraft Model B-24D
Aircraft Letter: C
Aircraft Name: SATAN'S HELL CATS
Location: Crashed near Brazi South of Ploesti. 9 KIA
Cause: ME-109 Only 6 bodies identified.
Sgt.Mcmackin was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the 44th BG destroy Romanian oil refineries.
42-40995 Crew
Captain Rowland B. Houston Pilot
1st/Lt. Louis V. Girard Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. William Scott Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stephen F. Sevick Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Joe F. Ward Asst. Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Charles G. Mcmackin Bombardier/Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clyde W. Carlton Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt.Walter B. Schoer Gunner
S/Sgt. Milford L Spears Gunner
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Massachusetts.
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