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Missing Air Crew Report 331
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action
Charles K. Roumet.
Engineer / Top Turret · 328th Squadron
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.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 115
01 Aug 1943
Ploesti, Romania
42-86897
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record