Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 12 Oct 1944
Charles A. Fortin.
Engineer / Top Turret · 328th Squadron · Of ME.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
T/Sgt. Charles A. Fortin served as flight engineer aboard B-24J 42-50606 on the 12 October 1944 mission to Osnabruck.
Fortin was killed when the aircraft was shot down. German records confirm he was one of four crew members whose charred remains were found in the burned aircraft and interred together at the Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer, Row 2, Grave 117.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Position
Engineer / Top Turret
Serial Number
31182090
Hometown
ME
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 12 Oct 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 674
12 Oct 1944
Osnabrück
M/Y
42-50606
→
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Prisoner of War Cemetery, Achmer
Location
M 22 9
Burial
Row 2, Grave 117
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record