Kline Charles Roberts

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Charles Roberts Kline is honored on the following 3 monument(s) in our database:

Carpetbaggers B-24 LIBERATOR (42-50386) Memorial

Rully - American Soldiers Memorial Panel WW2

490th Bombardment Group Roll of Honor

Name:

Charles Roberts Kline

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-693995

Unit:

850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-07-05

State:

Oklahoma

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

The B-24 number 41-29599 named BOOTS took off at 2331 on 4 July 1944 from Harrington, UK to deliver supplies to the French resistance (Operation Peter). The plane was shot down by flak over Lagney le Sec, France, at 2am on the morning of 5 July. The entire crew of ten was killed. MACR 6991. LT Kline was the pilot. He is back row, second from right in the picture.