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2LT
Charles
Marvin Box
427th
BS/303rd BG(H)
O-731013
Acknowledgement: Information and photos courtesy of 303rd
BG Association.
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2LT Charles M. Box flew on five missions with the Ray Jess Crew (#28, 29, 31,
33 & 35). He was wounded on mission #35 when he was hit in the head by
an explosive bullet. His life was saved by the quick actions of his fellow
crewmen. He was hospitalized and returned to the USA. His plane was
the B-17F #42-5432 The Hunting Club,
VK-B.
Crosshairs
Newsletter, June 1994, page 45:
Charles died in Jan, 1994.
the obituary was provided by his
widow.
His serial number is: O-731013.
Story submitted by Cox about a cadet who fell out of AT-11 bomb bay.
(Dec 1990 Crosshairs - page 25)
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RAY W. JESS CREW - 358th BS
(crew assigned 358BS: 12 March 1943 - photo: 04 Jan 1943,
Pierre, SD)
(Back L-R) T/Sgt Joseph J. Godzinski (R-KIA),
S/Sgt Byron W. Johnson (BT-KIA), T/Sgt Harold E. Smith (E-POW)(1),
S/Sgt Charles F. Hardacre (RWG-POW), S/Sgt Frank M. White (TG-KIA)
(Front L-R) 2Lt Charles M. Box (B)(3)(+), 2Lt Robert P.
Davidson (N-KIA),
2Lt Harold W. Gunn (CP-POW)(2), 1Lt Ray W. Jess (P-KIA)
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RAY W. JESS CREW - 358th BS
B-17F #42-5432 The Hunting Club (358BS) VK-B
(crew assigned 358BS: 12 March 1943 - photo: April 1943)
(Back L-R) 2Lt Robert P. Davidson (N-KIA),
1Lt Ray W. Jess (P-KIA), 2Lt Harold W. Gunn (CP-POW)(2),
2Lt Charles M. Box (B)(3)(+), S/Sgt Charles F. Hardacre (RWG-POW)
(Front L-R) T/Sgt Joseph J. Godzinski (R-KIA),
S/Sgt Frank M. White (TG-KIA), S/Sgt Byron W. Johnson (BT-KIA),
T/Sgt Harold E. Smith (E-POW)(1), Sgt Sidney V. Hall (LWG-POW)
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