Charles F Zavorka

Charles F Zavorka Race: White Residence state: Missouri  Report Date: 29 May 1944 Latest Report Date: 30 May 1945     Grade: Second Lieutenant or Nurse or Dietitian or Physical therapy aide Grade Notes: Second Lieutenant or Ensign Service Branch: Army Arm or Service: Air Corps Arm or Service Code: Air Corps Organization Type: Heavy Bomber Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System Area Served: European Theatre: Germany Detaining Country: Germany Camp: 033 Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

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Jack C Ellis Journal Page of the Crew Members #2344 

these notes are courtesy of Marshall Graves, grandson of Jack C. Ellis 

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Again unloaded our baggage from the boat (which by the way has almost become a habit) and then loaded it once again on the train. Our destination this time was Norwich, a city of about 100 miles from London.  Here, once again we unloaded our baggage from the train and onto a waiting "G.I." truck, this time heading for Attlebridge, the location of our permanent base, approx. 10 miles Northwest of Norwich. This was on May 25th and the next 3 days was spent in getting assigned to a squadron, etc... We also made 3 practice mission too.    

On Sunday, May 28th., Our Pilot 2nd Lt. Zavorka told us that he was to go on his first Combat Mission with Lt. Komer and his crew, an experienced Crew with 13 missions to the Credit. This was the last I saw of Lt. Zavorka as theirs was the only ship in our squadron which failed to return. Rumor has it that it landed in Neutral Sweden as the target was close to the German-Swedish border, but no doubt it will take time to tell. Five of us enlisted men was at the recruitment when the planes returned from this Mission and I'll say, it was a pretty big dose to swallow when our pilot failed to return, but this was just one of our worries.

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Field Title Value Meaning SERIAL NUMBER O693445 O693445

NAME ZAVORKA CHARLES F ZAVORKA CHARLES F GRADE,

ALPHA 2 LT Second Lieutenant or Nurse or Dietitian or Physical therapy aide

GRADE CODE G Second Lieutenant or Ensign SERVICE CODE 1 ARMY ARM OR

SERVICE AC Air Corps ARM OR

SERVICE CODE 20 AC: AIR CORPS

DATE REPORT: DAY (DD) 29 29 DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM) 05 05 DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y) 4 1944 RACIAL GROUP CODE 1 WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE 75 Missouri

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION S53 Heavy Bomber

PARENT UNIT NUMBER }466 }466

PARENT UNIT TYPE 06 Group/Regiment/Commands/System

AREA 72 European Theatre: Germany

LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD) 30 30 LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM) 05 05 LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y) 5 1944

SOURCE OF REPORT 1 Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

STATUS 8 Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated

DETAINING POWER 1 GERMANY CAMP 033 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria

(Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 REP POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

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