World War II Honoree

Charles Noel Douglass

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

McAlester, Oklahoma

Honored By

Alice Ann Drumb Robinson

Relationship

Niece

ENTERED ARMY AIR CORPS SEPTEMBER 3, 1941. COMPLETED AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC SCHOOL AND BECAME AN INSTRUCTOR. COMPLETED GUNNERY SCHOOL AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LIBERATOR CREW THAT LATER FLEW TO ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER 1943. COMPLETED 24 MISSIONS AS LEFT-WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR FROM THE 704TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON OF THE 446TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP. HE DIED ON HIS SECOND MISSION OF THE DAY WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON TAKEOFF ON APRIL 27, 1944. RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTERS. AWARDED PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY.