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16.04.1945 No. 66th Fighter Squadron, P-47D 44-21024 "Miss Frances VI" 1st Lt. Charles W. Mayberry
Operation: Engine Test
Date: 16th April 1945 (Monday)
Unit: No. 66th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group
Type: P47D Thunderbolt
Serial: 44-21024 "Miss Frances VI"
Code: 96
Base: Grosseto Main, Italy
Location: Highway 1 between Grosseto and Orbetello Italy
Pilot: 1st Lt. Charles William Mayberry 0-714494 USAAF Age 24. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Slow-timing new engine - when it crashed at 09:45 hrs on Monday 16th April. No further information - are you able to assist?
Left: Newspaper article regarding the name of his aircraft "Kitten'. (see photo above)
Burial details:
1st Lt. Charles William Mayberry. Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy Plot H.8.10. Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Mayberry - no further details - are you able to assist?
Researcher - Michel Beckers for Aircrew Remembered, August 2016, photographs Michel Beckers collection. Photographs of the pilot courtesy of William Mayberry and family - November 2017.
Acknowledgments: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include:
Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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