Maurice Earl Chapman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-24 41-28745; shot down 8-May-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4590



Awards: PH

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator and Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735812
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Bold Sea Rover
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missaukee, MI 19 June 1921 Son of Earl Wesley and Rena Chapman.

Enlisted

Kalamazoo, MI 28 October 1942 Kalamazoo, Michigan

Died

Salzdahlum, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-24 41-28745; shot down 8-May-44, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4590

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Old Buckenham 8 May 1944 Assigned to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Riverside Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, MI Re-Interred Riverside Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4590 / MACR 4590, The Liberator Men of Old Buc / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database