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Home Town Kerens
Date of Passing Feb 01, 1988
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRED ELDRIDGE CHANNELL WORKED AS A FARM HAND BEFORE ENTERING THE USAAF ON 12 FEBRUARY 1942. HE SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY WITH THE USAAF (UNKNOWN UNIT) FROM 4 JUNE 1942 TO 6 MAY 1944. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 813TH AAF BASE UNIT AT SEDALIA ARMY AIR FIELD, WARRENSBURG MISSOURI UNTIL HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON 25 OCTOBER. FRED CHANNELL PASSED AWAY IN CLEVELAND OHIO ON 1 FEBRUARY 1988 AND WAS LAID TO REST AT THE MOUNTAIN STATE MEMORIAL GARDENS IN RANDOLPH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Sicily Campaign (1943)
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July / 1943
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August / 1943
Description (Sicily Campaign 9 July to 17 August 1943) In preparation for the invasion of Sicily the Allies captured the islands in the Sicilian strait, with aerial bombardment forcing the capitulation of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943. By that time Allied air power had begun the attack on Sicily by bombing defenses and airfields. The invasion itself got under way on the night of 9/10 July with airborne landings that were followed the next day by an amphibious assault. The enemy offered strong resistance, but the Allies had superiority in the air and soon had planes operating from Sicilian bases to support Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Patton’s Seventh.
Interdictory operations against communications in Italy and between Italy and Sicily convinced the enemy that it would be impossible to move strong reinforcements. By 17 August 1943 the Allies were in possession of the island, but they had not been able to prevent a German evacuation across the Strait of Messina.