Frank G Chaplick
MilitaryAssigned to 340BS, 97BG, 15AF Failed to Return (FTR) Verona 14-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31044; attacked by fighters, ditched off the coast off Calvi in Corsica. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 2395
Awards: AM (6OLC), PH, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379318.jpg.webp?itok=n7iztoxa)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33325686
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 37331759
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 340th Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32364106
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
22 May 1920 | Born | |
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Enlisted |
3 October 1943 | ||
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Other Discharged |
2 July 1945 | ||
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Died |
16 May 2003 | ||
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Buried |
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire | 19 May 2003 | Interred New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire |