World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles B. Workman, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lucasville, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
STAFF SERGEANT, GUNNER, B-24 LIBERATOR 'LITTLE EVA', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF NORMAN CROSSON CREW. RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST A JAPANESE TROOP CONVOY NORTH OF BUNA ON DECEMBER 2, 1942, THE PILOT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER FOUR PLANES. CAUGHT IN A BAD THUNDERSTORM THE PLANE RAN OUT OF GAS AND CRASHED. HIS PARACHUTE CAUGHT ON DOOR FRAMEWORK. OTHERS TRIED TO FREE HIM, BUT HE WAS KILLED WHEN THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND.