As the 489th’s Group Bombardier, Charlie said he didn’t belong to any particular crew in the group. Instead he flew missions with different crews, “ … bombardier and sometimes navigator.” Charlie wrote the book ‘A History of the 489th’ and was editor of the 489th BG Newsletter for more than 20 years. Over many years he returned to Halesworth and Norwich for both the Second Air Division and the 489th BG Reunions making many friends in the area.