New England Air Museum
Charles H. Lichtendahl
Charles Lichtendahl, WWII
 
Recent Address:   35 Shadow Mountain Drive, Logan, UT 84321-6758
 
Email:  
 
Family Information:   Parents: Arthur and Bernetta; Wife: Irma; Children" Kenneth and Linda
 
Hometown:   Cincinnati, OH
 
Date Entered Service:   July 26 1942
 
Service Number:   15116382
 
Bomb Group:   468th
 
Squadron:   792nd
 
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Hump Missions Flown:  
 
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Awards/Decorations:   Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with Bronze Star and Silver Star, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge, Bronze Star, AF Tech Badge with Airplane Mechanic Bar.
 
Service Schools Attended:   Airplane Mechanic School, Lincoln, NE ; B-24 Airplane General, San Diego, CA ; Boeing B-29, Airplane & Engine, Seattle, WA
 
Military Specialty(ies):   MOS 750-Aircraft Maintenance Technician
 
Rank Upon Discharge:   Technical Sergeant
 
Crew Type:   Ground crew
 
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Were you a POW?   No
If so, where?  
 
Were you interned?   No 
If so, where?  
 
Date Transferred from the 58th:    
 
Date Discharged from the 58th:   October 24 1945
 
Post-WWII Military Service:  
 
Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s):
Brewmaster for the Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewery in Cincinnati, OH.
 
Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing:

 

 
Comments:
Mr. Lichtendahl passed away on August 30th 2011.  He is buried at the Arlington Memorial Gardens in Cincinnati, OH.

 

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Charles Lichtendahl, c. 2000
 
 
 

 

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