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Identifier
20037814
Description
Portrait in uniform of First Lieutenant (Lt.) Charles F. Weaver, navigator on a Super Fortress of the Hell's Birds squadron, 20th Air Force, in India and China, who has chalked up more than 400 combat flying hours and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and the Air Medal with two clusters. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Weaver. His wife, Mrs. Betty Weaver, lives with his parents. Lieutenant Weaver participated last June 6 in the first co-ordinated B-29 raid, as navigator in the lead plane. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, April 3, 1945.
Archival Date
1945-03-28
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-656
Original Format
Copy of Original Image
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Military officers; Military uniforms; Bombers; Medals; Spouses
Names
Weaver, Charles F.; Hell's Birds squadron; Weaver, Charles M.; Weaver, Charles M. (Mrs.); Weaver, Betty (Mrs.); United States. Air Force; United States. Army Air Forces; World War, 1939-1945
Subjects
Military officers; Military uniforms; Bombers; Medals; Spouses