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Charles W. Boal Jr.

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Charles W. Boal Jr.

Birth
Death
14 Apr 1945 (aged 22)
Burial
Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.7527475, Longitude: -79.4959581
Memorial ID
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Pennsylvania Staff Sgt. 870 AAF Bomb Sq. WW II

Staff Sergeant Boal was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24604, nicknamed "Wheel n' Deal." Killed In Action when the bomber, said to be on a weather reconnaissance mission over Japan, crashed in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, with the loss of all eleven crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.

(Contributed by Tim Cook)
Pennsylvania Staff Sgt. 870 AAF Bomb Sq. WW II

Staff Sergeant Boal was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24604, nicknamed "Wheel n' Deal." Killed In Action when the bomber, said to be on a weather reconnaissance mission over Japan, crashed in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, with the loss of all eleven crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.

(Contributed by Tim Cook)

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