Name:
Charles H. Gast
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
35460604
Unit:
495th Bomber Squadron, 344th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Ohio
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SSgt Charles H. Gast, mechanic of the B-26 Marauder 42-95910 “Wizard of Koz”, took off from station 169 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt. They were shot down by flak at 1940. Gast was taken prisoner.