Crew Roster · Personal File
Charles Philage
MACR-12008 Account
Radio operator of B-24J 42-78486. Born 2 March 1918 per German POW records.
Captured 28 January 1945 on Schouwen Island, Holland. Transferred to Dulag Luft West on 30 January 1945.
Prisoner of War
Sortie Log
3 CATALOGUED SORTIES
12 SEP 1944 — 08 JAN 1945
12 SEP 1944 — 08 JAN 1945
The sorties 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.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 626
12 SEP 1944
HemmingstedtO/R
Marked with Ø symbol.
Willie's Worry42-100428
№ 770
30 DEC 1944
MechernichM/Y
Roy's Boys44-10535
№ 787
08 JAN 1945
Dortmund
B-24J serial 42-78486, marked "486-G," departed Hardwick on a bombing mission to Dortmund on 8 January 1945. The aircraft left the formation just before bombs-away and peeled off to the right, apparently still under control when last observed. German records (Downing No. KU 3628 / H 131) indicate the aircraft crashed and burned on the southwest point of Schouwen Island, Holland, on 28 January 1945 at 1400 hours. Markings were not identifiable as the aircraft burned in the combat area. All ten crew members survived and were captured. They were processed through the POW Concentration Point of the Air Forces, Holland, and transferred to Dulag Luft West (Evaluation Center West, Oberursel) beginning 30 January 1945.
42-78486