Oral Cecil Chippeaux
Military
NARA
Object Number - UPL 56200 - Oral C Chippeaux - ID Photo
Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Oral Chippeaux was Pilot of B-24 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25-Dec-44 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, American Campaign, EMAE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17091309 at enlistment, then O-697176
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34770491
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16056573
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13123832 at enlistment, then T-126548
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Croweburg, Crawford County, Kansas | 19 February 1920 | Son of Emile and M. Edith Chippeaux. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Riley, KS | 25 April 1942 | Fort Riley, Kansas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 25 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.. |
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Died |
23 June 1987 | ||
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Buried |
White Chapel Memorial Gardens Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS | 26 June 1987 | White Chapel Memorial Gardens Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas |
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Based |
Hethel | 25 December 1944 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11681 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database