World War II Honoree

Charles Edward Binkley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Canton, Ohio

Honored By

Jean Marie Binkley

Relationship

Wife

LIEUTENANT, SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 460TH BOMB GROUP IN SPINAZZOLA, ITALY, 1944-1945. HE NAVIGATED B-24 BOMBERS AND FLEW 29 MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. ON ONE MISSION IN MARCH 1945 TO BOMB OIL REFINERIES AT MOOSBIERBAUM, AUSTRIA, HIS PLANE WAS STRUCK BY FLAK AND FORCED TO LAND IN A CORN FILED BEHIND RUSSIAN LINES NEAR PECS, HUNGARY. FORTUANTELY, LIEUTENANT BINKLEY AND HIS CREW SUFFERED NO CASUALTIES AND MADE IT BACK TO ITALY TO FLY MORE MISSIONS.