Charles served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24 (#41-24021), 67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on July 28, 1941, prior to the war, in Washington, D.C. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of radios and phonographs and also as Single, without dependents.
Charles died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed, for unknown reasons, in the Atlas Mountains, French Morocco during the war.
The reason the below crew is smaller than what is normally on a B-24 is due to the fact that they were actually transporting other Airmen to North Africa. They had dropped them off and were returning to base when this crash happened.
Service ID: 13024809.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#41-24021):
Bailey, Ray E ~ 2nd Lt, Georgia
Bantz, Charles O ~ T/Sgt, Maryland
Clow, Charles R ~ Capt, Pilot, Mississippi
Cohen, Herman ~ 1st Lt, Texas
Knipling, Henry W ~ S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Pitcher, Charles S ~ 2nd Lt, Florida
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Below Article found by: Charles Riend
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, April 21, 1943, second section, col. 7:
Sgt. Bantz Dies In Plane Wreck
Victim of Accident in North Africa According Notification Received by Parents
Tech. Sgt. Charles O. Bantz, reported missing about a month ago, died in an airplane accident in North Africa March 1, according to a War Department notification received today by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Bantz, 213 Avirett avenue.
Young Bantz was a member of a plane crew which had transported Chinese pilots trained in this country to India and the plane was making the return trip when it crashed.
Sgt. Bantz had been in the Army three years and had touched most parts of the globe in his various travels.
Surviving besides his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Ursula (Hartman) Bantz, and a brother. Staff Sgt. William O. Bantz, glider pilot, Lubbock, Tex.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on July 28, 1941, prior to the war, in Washington, D.C. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of radios and phonographs and also as Single, without dependents.
Charles died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed, for unknown reasons, in the Atlas Mountains, French Morocco during the war.
The reason the below crew is smaller than what is normally on a B-24 is due to the fact that they were actually transporting other Airmen to North Africa. They had dropped them off and were returning to base when this crash happened.
Service ID: 13024809.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#41-24021):
Bailey, Ray E ~ 2nd Lt, Georgia
Bantz, Charles O ~ T/Sgt, Maryland
Clow, Charles R ~ Capt, Pilot, Mississippi
Cohen, Herman ~ 1st Lt, Texas
Knipling, Henry W ~ S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Pitcher, Charles S ~ 2nd Lt, Florida
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Below Article found by: Charles Riend
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, April 21, 1943, second section, col. 7:
Sgt. Bantz Dies In Plane Wreck
Victim of Accident in North Africa According Notification Received by Parents
Tech. Sgt. Charles O. Bantz, reported missing about a month ago, died in an airplane accident in North Africa March 1, according to a War Department notification received today by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Bantz, 213 Avirett avenue.
Young Bantz was a member of a plane crew which had transported Chinese pilots trained in this country to India and the plane was making the return trip when it crashed.
Sgt. Bantz had been in the Army three years and had touched most parts of the globe in his various travels.
Surviving besides his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Ursula (Hartman) Bantz, and a brother. Staff Sgt. William O. Bantz, glider pilot, Lubbock, Tex.
Charles served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24 (#41-24021), 67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on July 28, 1941, prior to the war, in Washington, D.C. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of radios and phonographs and also as Single, without dependents.
Charles died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed, for unknown reasons, in the Atlas Mountains, French Morocco during the war.
The reason the below crew is smaller than what is normally on a B-24 is due to the fact that they were actually transporting other Airmen to North Africa. They had dropped them off and were returning to base when this crash happened.
Service ID: 13024809.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#41-24021):
Bailey, Ray E ~ 2nd Lt, Georgia
Bantz, Charles O ~ T/Sgt, Maryland
Clow, Charles R ~ Capt, Pilot, Mississippi
Cohen, Herman ~ 1st Lt, Texas
Knipling, Henry W ~ S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Pitcher, Charles S ~ 2nd Lt, Florida
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Below Article found by: Charles Riend
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, April 21, 1943, second section, col. 7:
Sgt. Bantz Dies In Plane Wreck
Victim of Accident in North Africa According Notification Received by Parents
Tech. Sgt. Charles O. Bantz, reported missing about a month ago, died in an airplane accident in North Africa March 1, according to a War Department notification received today by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Bantz, 213 Avirett avenue.
Young Bantz was a member of a plane crew which had transported Chinese pilots trained in this country to India and the plane was making the return trip when it crashed.
Sgt. Bantz had been in the Army three years and had touched most parts of the globe in his various travels.
Surviving besides his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Ursula (Hartman) Bantz, and a brother. Staff Sgt. William O. Bantz, glider pilot, Lubbock, Tex.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on July 28, 1941, prior to the war, in Washington, D.C. He was noted as being employed in the manufacture of radios and phonographs and also as Single, without dependents.
Charles died in the "Line Of Duty" when his B-24 crashed, for unknown reasons, in the Atlas Mountains, French Morocco during the war.
The reason the below crew is smaller than what is normally on a B-24 is due to the fact that they were actually transporting other Airmen to North Africa. They had dropped them off and were returning to base when this crash happened.
Service ID: 13024809.
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Airmen who perished on B-24 (#41-24021):
Bailey, Ray E ~ 2nd Lt, Georgia
Bantz, Charles O ~ T/Sgt, Maryland
Clow, Charles R ~ Capt, Pilot, Mississippi
Cohen, Herman ~ 1st Lt, Texas
Knipling, Henry W ~ S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Pitcher, Charles S ~ 2nd Lt, Florida
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Below Article found by: Charles Riend
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, April 21, 1943, second section, col. 7:
Sgt. Bantz Dies In Plane Wreck
Victim of Accident in North Africa According Notification Received by Parents
Tech. Sgt. Charles O. Bantz, reported missing about a month ago, died in an airplane accident in North Africa March 1, according to a War Department notification received today by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Bantz, 213 Avirett avenue.
Young Bantz was a member of a plane crew which had transported Chinese pilots trained in this country to India and the plane was making the return trip when it crashed.
Sgt. Bantz had been in the Army three years and had touched most parts of the globe in his various travels.
Surviving besides his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Ursula (Hartman) Bantz, and a brother. Staff Sgt. William O. Bantz, glider pilot, Lubbock, Tex.
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TSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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