Rolfe Lawrence Chickering
Military
Object Number - UPL 31188 - Lt Rolfe L Chickering. 359th Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-8588 OC-K "Gracie".
Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. 270 x combat hours 75 x missions. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Served during Korea on active duty in US, retired as Lt Colonel from ANG.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- 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-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: 4-F Gracie
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
No Danville, Vermont | 17 August 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 28 August 1942 | |
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Based |
Martlesham Heath | 19 May 1944 - 28 October 1944 | Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 28 October 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
Hinesburg, VT, USA | 11 November 2005 | |
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Other Promotion |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other Pilot training |
Kelly St, Montgomery, AL 36112, USA | Class 43-K - Preflight training - Maxwell Field, AL. | |
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Other Pilot training |
Craig Air Field, Selma, AL 36701, USA | Class 43-K - Primary flight training - Craig Field, AL. | |
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Other Pilot training |
Spence Airport-MUL, Mitchell Blvd, Moultrie, GA 31788, USA | Class 43-K - Basic flight training - Spence Field, GA. | |
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Other Pilot training |
Richmond International Airport (RIC), 1 Richard E Byrd Terminal Dr, Richmond, VA 23250, USA | Class 43-K - Advanced flight training - Byrd Field, VA. | |
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Buried |
Hinesburg, VT, USA | Hinesburg Village Cemetery Hinesburg Chittenden County, VT | |
| St Johnsbury, VT, USA | |||
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Other Aviation worker |
Suffield, CT, USA | Worked at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Jan-41. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self
