Two Waterloo Men Listed as Missing
Two Waterloo men Monday were listed as missing in action in the European theater of war. They were:
Staff Sgt. Charles W. Turner, 33.
Sgt. Robert L. Horton, 19.
[NOTE: Portions of this article regarding Sgt. Horton have been omitted but may be found on his individual webpage within this site.]
Sergeant Turner, top turret gunner and engineer on a B-17 based with the Eighth air force in England, was listed as missing in action over Germany since Apr. 7 in a war department telegram received by his mother, Mrs. Etta Turner, 410 Walnut Court apartments.
A former employe (sic) of the Rath Packing Co., before entering service, he graduated from gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nev., in August, 1944, took advanced training at Rapid City, S. D., and went overseas in January.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Monday, April 23, 1945, Page 1 (photo included)
Charles Turner Is “Safe and Well”
A “safe and well” message came Wednesday from army air force Staff Sgt. Charles W. Turner, reported missing in action over Germany Apr. 7, to his mother, Mrs. Etta S. Turner, 410 Walnut court. No message has been received from the war department, but the V-mail letter from her son, dated May 8, said that he was in Brussells (sic), hoped “to be home soon.”
Top turret gunner on a B-17 bomber, stationed with the Eighth American air force in England, Sergeant Turner reported that all his crew had been saved. His mother presumed that Turner had been taken prisoner.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Wednesday, May 16, 1945, Page 2
