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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Edmund Thorpe Charlesworth, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

SERVED WITH THE 353RD BOMB SQUADRON, 301ST BOMB GROUP OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE, BASED AT FOGGIA FIELD ITALY. LATER HE BECAME A TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND FLIGHT ENGINEER AND A TOP TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17 BOMBER. ON DECEMBER 18, 1944 HIS B-17 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER YUGOSLAVIA, AFTER BEING MISSING FOR WEEKS HE MADE HIS WAY BACK TO ITALY.