Phillip William Chaperon

Military

media-13273.jpeg UPL 13273 42-38112 JD-J, MRS GEEZIL, 545th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on 8th AF mission #301 on 13 April 1944 near Lindenfels, Germany; 4 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 3869

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MACR 3869

Object Number - UPL 13273 - 42-38112 JD-J, MRS GEEZIL, 545th Bomb Group, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on 8th AF mission #301 on 13 April 1944 near Lindenfels, Germany; 4 KIA, 6...

Shot down on 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38112. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3869

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Units served with

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

545th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Sidney Lewis Bush

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-751254
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Charles Harris Eyre

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15014509
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Edward Anthony Fioretti

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-802552
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Leonard Raymond Griffith

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-682476
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Samuel Joseph Merlo

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-744081 Enlisted ASN 13005703
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-38112

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mrs Geezil
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

301

Date: 13 April 1944

Places

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	Portland, OR, USA	5 August 1942
Other Assigned	Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK	18 October 1943	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #121 dated 18 October 1943, Darwin George Nelson Crew. 21 combat missions.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	13 April 1944	POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15.
Died		29 October 2020
Born	Portland, Oregon, USA