father: Gilbert Vernon McNeil (1890-1983)
mother: Mary Louise Connelly (1894-1960)
sibling: Gilbert Vernon McNeil, Jr. (1919-1978)
Top Turret Gunner: 17074778 Charles Claremore McNeil TSgt Sedalia, Missouri
B-17F Flying Fortress serial #42-30012, 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
MACR 887: (after the bomb-run on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant at Anklam, Germany; last seen north of Trexel Island, Holland). His B-17 bomber left the formation with the #1 engine smoking and was attacked by German fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea.
mother: Mary Louise Connelly (1894-1960)
sibling: Gilbert Vernon McNeil, Jr. (1919-1978)
Top Turret Gunner: 17074778 Charles Claremore McNeil TSgt Sedalia, Missouri
B-17F Flying Fortress serial #42-30012, 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
MACR 887: (after the bomb-run on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant at Anklam, Germany; last seen north of Trexel Island, Holland). His B-17 bomber left the formation with the #1 engine smoking and was attacked by German fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea.
father: Gilbert Vernon McNeil (1890-1983)
mother: Mary Louise Connelly (1894-1960)
sibling: Gilbert Vernon McNeil, Jr. (1919-1978)
Top Turret Gunner: 17074778 Charles Claremore McNeil TSgt Sedalia, Missouri
B-17F Flying Fortress serial #42-30012, 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
MACR 887: (after the bomb-run on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant at Anklam, Germany; last seen north of Trexel Island, Holland). His B-17 bomber left the formation with the #1 engine smoking and was attacked by German fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea.
mother: Mary Louise Connelly (1894-1960)
sibling: Gilbert Vernon McNeil, Jr. (1919-1978)
Top Turret Gunner: 17074778 Charles Claremore McNeil TSgt Sedalia, Missouri
B-17F Flying Fortress serial #42-30012, 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
MACR 887: (after the bomb-run on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant at Anklam, Germany; last seen north of Trexel Island, Holland). His B-17 bomber left the formation with the #1 engine smoking and was attacked by German fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Missouri.
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