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416th Bombardment Group (L) No Report April 11, 1944, Tuesday
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416th Bombardment Group (L) No Report April 11, 1944, Tuesday
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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-9387 (Douglas A-20G-25-DO Havoc)
9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 670th Bomb Sq Mission # 13; Box: I; Flight: 2; Position: 5; A/C Fuselage Code: F6-H Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft Damage: Crash Landing, Battle damage Point Of Departure: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England Location: emergency field
Description: The highest award went to Lt. Charles McGlohn. It was the award of the SILVER STAR DECORATION. On an operational mission on the 11th of April, Lt. McGlohn was piloting his plane toward the target when it was hit by flak. Some of it entered the cockpit and wounded him severely in the left leg. Despite the pain of the injury, he kept his badly damaged plane under control, dropped his bombs, and headed for home. Not being able to stay with the formation, he returned alone to set the plane and his crew down at an emergency field. Lt. McGlohn was taken to a hospital where his leg was treated. The citation speaks of "his gallant display of flying skill in the face of difficult hazards," but what is more to his credit is his courage to come back, to get into the air again adding his efforts in our victory struggle. (416th BG History 1944) See Mission # 13 for additional details |