Herbert A Chesney
MilitaryAssigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill on 15-Aug-44. Returned to Flying Duty.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Priss IV
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Island Pond, Brighton, VT 05846, USA | 19 December 1919 | Son of Glenn Eugene and Hilma Amanda [Hobbs] Chesney. |
Enlisted |
Devens, MA, USA | 30 September 1941 | Fort Devens Massachusetts |
Other Crashed |
John Wayne Airport (SNA), 18601 Airport Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707, USA | 28 December 1942 | Landing Accident Orange Co Airport, CA Cat 4 Lt Herbert A Chesney, 28-Dec-42. P-38G 43-2231 - 332FS 329FG |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Mannheim, Germany | 15 August 1944 | Me109 destroyed Mannheim 15-Aug-44. P-51D 44-13971. |
Other Returned to Flying Duty |
16 October 1944 | ||
Died |
Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA | 24 July 1994 | |
Other Promoted |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
Based |
Honington | 16 October 1944 | Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
501 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA | Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Santa Fe County, NM | |
Essex County, VT, USA |
Revisions
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Chesney%2C+Herbe…
https://www.fold3.com/record/874536-herbert-a-chesney
https://www.fold3.com/page/83370274-herbert-a-chesney/facts
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/364-chesney-1…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/486560/herbert-a.-chesney
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Chesney%2C+Herbe…
https://www.fold3.com/record/874536-herbert-a-chesney
https://www.fold3.com/page/83370274-herbert-a-chesney/facts
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/364-chesney-1…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/486560/herbert-a.-chesney