The Charles R. Mitchell crew: 709th Squadron
Flights with Charles R. Mitchell listed as Pilot
These lists are NOT limited to officially credited Combat missions, and may include Aborts, returns and non-takeoff occurrences as well.
| 447th Mission (Date) | Target | Plane Number | Notes |
| #57 (30-Apr-44) | Clermont Ferrand, France | 42-97624 | |
| #58 (01-May-44) | Marquenville, France | 42-31188 | |
| #64 (13-May-44) | Osnabruck, Germany | 42-39886 | |
| #65 (19-May-44) | Berlin, Germany | 42-3487 | |
| #66 (20-May-44) | Liege, Belgium | 42-37864 | MISSING |
42-37864 Missing in Action on the 20 May 1944 mission to Brussels.
| Charles R. Mitchell | Pilot | |
| Edward H. Frost | Co-pilot | |
| Andrew A. Marcin | Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner | |
| Eugene P. Szulczewski | Ball Turret gunner | |
| Robert E. Sasse | Left Waist gunner | |
| Richard J. Kindig | Right Waist gunner | |
| Raymond F. McCarthy | Tail gunner | |
| Joseph G. Keenan | Navigator | POW |
| Leo D. McLaughlin | Bombardier | POW |
| Paul D. Dickerson | Radio Operator | POW |
Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 4938
Actually hit by friendly fire from another 447BG B-17, crashed Neerbeek-Beek, about 15km NE of Maastricht
Wreckage of 42-37864 after crashing at Neerbeek, Holland, on the 20th May 1944.
Some of the crew evaded with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Resistance. See the full story of their evasion at these links to the Mitchell story and the Kindig story (translate pages from French)
Andrew A. Marcin (Flight engineer/Top Turret gunner) with the Hanquet family who sheltered him in Lanaye, Belgium, after he swam across the Maas River from The Netherlands into Belgium. Left to right: Henri Hanquet, Andrew Marcin, Anna Hanquet, Joseph Hanquet (father) and the couple’s other son, also named Joseph in front.
Andrew Martin at an air show in 2008.
Some photos/information provided by:
- Photo from the Hanquet family, which Daniel Marcin discovered only in July 2011 after Ed Reniere obtained them via René Hanquet, son of Henri.
Some information and/or images sourced from the American Air Museum database