Gerald C Chapman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Paris area, shot down while strafing Beauvais Airdrome. A/C P-51B 43-6846 hit by flak, caught fire and exploded on impact southeast of Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles, France. 2nd Lt Chapman KIA. 2-Aug-44. MACR 7716.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-6846

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 12 June 1944 - 2 August 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

60130 Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles, France 2 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Paris area, shot down while strafing Beauvais Airdrome. A/C P-51B 43-6846 hit by flak, caught fire and exploded on impact southeast of Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles, France. 2nd Lt Chapman KIA. 2-Aug-44. MACR 7716.

Born

Norfolk County, MA, USA
Stoughton, MA 02072, USA

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery Epinal, France.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7716 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list