Charles K. Roumet

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

S/Sgt. Charles K. Roumet served as flight engineer aboard B-24D serial 42-86897 with the 93rd Bomb Group on the August 1, 1943 Ploesti raid. The MACR lists his rank as 2/Sgt., corrected here to S/Sgt. based on context. The aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire during the low-level attack and crashed and burned in Ploesti. Roumet did not survive and was reported as a battle casualty.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued

Rank

Staff Sergeant

Position

Engineer / Top Turret

Serial Number

12037956

Missions flown.

1 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943

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.

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