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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Charles Franklin Birt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter, Aviation Historian

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED AS AN AVIATION CADET AND PILOT OF T-24A ADVANCED TRAINER. KILLED IN ACTION, JANUARY 22, 1944 DURING A NIGHTTIME CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING MISSION. THE COPILOT ALSO DIED WHEN THE T-24A, A CONVERTED VERSION OF THE B-25 ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM BOMBER CRASHED WEST OF LA JUNTA ARMY AIR FIELD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO.