Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameS/SGT Charles Edwin Springs 
Birth13 Feb 1922
Death8 Apr 1944, Germany
BurialPineview Cemetery, Mount Holly, Gaston County, NC
FatherDr. William Junius Springs (1894-1940)
MotherMary Edna Lentz (1894-1973)
Notes for S/SGT Charles Edwin Springs
506th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group
Target: Airdrome, Langenhagen, Germany
Mission Date: 8-Apr-44
Aircraft Model: B-24
Location: suburbs of Hannover
Cause: Enemy aircraft
Charles Edwin Springs, the ball turret gunner, never got out of the plane. Five of the ten man crew were KIA. The five who succeeded in bailing out became POWs.
There is disagreement among the surviving crew members as to whether the attacking fighters were Me 262s or FW 190s.
The 44th Bomb Group lost 11 planes on 8 Apr 1944, the worst loss of the war for one mission.
Target: Airdrome, Langenhagen, Germany
Mission Date: 8-Apr-44
Aircraft Model: B-24
Location: suburbs of Hannover
Cause: Enemy aircraft
Charles Edwin Springs, the ball turret gunner, never got out of the plane. Five of the ten man crew were KIA. The five who succeeded in bailing out became POWs.
There is disagreement among the surviving crew members as to whether the attacking fighters were Me 262s or FW 190s.
The 44th Bomb Group lost 11 planes on 8 Apr 1944, the worst loss of the war for one mission.