Myron Chamberlin
MilitaryAssigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Rube Farnsworth crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, Killed in Service in air crash.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19171912 / O-768495
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salt Lake City, UT | 14 March 1923 | Son of Seth Chauncey and Ruth Lamb [Robinson] Chamberlin. Husband to Norma. |
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Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 31 October 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Other |
12 March 1944 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Died |
Highwood Mountains, MT | 9 February 1950 | Killed in Service in air crash. Serving with 1701 ATW, 1701ABG, MATS at Great Falls AFB, MT |
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Buried |
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, UT | 11 February 1950 | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 544BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…