2nd Lt. Charles Goldblum

Second Lieutenant, 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group (Heavy), 13th Air Force, World War II.

Bombardier aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40548.

Son of Lillian Goldblum, 1404 Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

According to Missing Air Crew Report 11626, the B-24 was last seen breaking away from formation to land on Leyte for refueling. Presumably, the four motored bomber crashed into a jungle mountain, as remains of all aboard were later recovered.

Killed In Action were:

2nd Lt. John G. Rusnak, Pilot 1st Lt. William M. Johnson, Co-Pilot Flt. Off. Victor R. Heath, Navigator 2nd Lt. Charles Goldblum, Bombardier Cpl. James H. Churchill, Jr., Gunner Cpl. James E. Frischkorn, Asst. Radio Operator Cpl. Daniel F. Stofko, Flight Engineer Cpl. Jacob Pildis, Asst. Engineer Cpl. Arthur E. Trout, Gunner Cpl. Charles M. Woessner, Radio Operator

Published in THE PITTSBURGH PRESS, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, Internet Edition, FEBRUARY 8, 1945, PAGE TWO

LT. CHARLES GOLDBLUM Lt. Charles Goldblum, one of three fliers who were stranded for ten days last June on Tonto Plateau in the Grand Canyon after they parachuted from a disabled B-24 bomber, has been reported missing in action in the Philippines, according to his parents.

Lt. Goldblum, a bombardier, has been missing since Jan. 10th, the War Department notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldblum of Pittsburgh.

Forest rangers finally reached Lt. Goldblum and his companions, Flight Officer Maurice J. Cruickshank of Lawrence, Mass., and Corp. Roy Embanks, of Kalispell, Mont. Supplies were transported to them by parachute while they were marooned on the mile-square plateau.

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