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Home State
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Year of Birth
1927 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
MSgt Richmond Vlymen (Papa Pitt)
to remember
Avarello, Charles, 1st Lt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Buffalo |
Last Address
Johnson AB, Japan
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Casualty Date
Jun 29, 1950 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location
Korea, South |
Conflict
Korean War |
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
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Last Known Activity
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29-JUN-1950 |
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| Type: |
Douglas B-26B Invader |
| Owner/operator: |
United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: |
44-34339 |
| C/n / msn: |
27618 |
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Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
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0 |
| Airplane damage: |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
Sonyu-ri -  South Korea |
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Military |
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Narrative:
Attached to 3rd Bmb Wg (L). Hit by shells from exploding train during bombing run, hit power lines, crashed at Sonyu-ri, Imjin-myun, Paju-gun, wreckage sighted 10 NW of Seoul. BC-339/"C".
Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1950_08/19500810_0005.pdf
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=83700
First Lieutenant Avarello was the pilot of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On June 29, 1950, while on a night intruder mission, his aircraft was hit by fragments from an exploding train during a bombing run, hit power lines and crashed at Sonyu-ri, Imjin-Myun, Paju-gun 10 miles northwest of Seoul, South Korea. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on January 25, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_1159#.U2araSgbFVU
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