Vance John Chipman | American Air Museum

Vance John Chipman Jr

Military

media-55834.jpeg UPL 55834 de Havilland Mosquito NS 677 Chip's Chariot, - L-R Lt William Cannon, Lt Vance Chipman, T/Sgt Jordan.

Niece of Vance Chipman

Object Number - UPL 55834 - de Havilland Mosquito NS 677 Chip's Chariot, - L-R Lt William Cannon, Lt Vance Chipman, T/Sgt Jordan.

Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On 1 November 1944, Chipman took part in an H2X (Mickey) mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. His Mosquito aircraft was downed by fighters and he was taken as a Prisoner of War. After the war he said he tried to escape by stealing an Me109.

Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

25th Bomb Group

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

654th Bomb Squadron

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

People

William Gordon Cannon

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19064611 / O-669991
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

MM388

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron

NS677

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Detroit, MI	9 May 1922	Son of Vance John Sr and Grace Cecelia [McKenna] Watts.
Enlisted	Detroit, MI	31 August 1943	Detroit, Michigan
Other Discharged USAAF		28 October 1947	Honourable discharge.
Died	Harker Heights, Bell County, TX	24 May 2010
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery	27 May 2010	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 4 Site 281-B LH
	Wayne, MI 48184, USA

Revisions

Date21 Feb 2022 18:24:36

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28729469
https://www.fold3.com/record/83345097-vance-j-chipman
https://www.fold3.com/record/111477621-vance-john-chipman
https://www.fold3.com/record/624147168-vance-chipman-1922
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60503572/vance-john-chipman

Date15 Apr 2020 19:16:20

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date1 Dec 2018 21:40:37

ContributorEmily

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Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

Date1 Dec 2018 03:17:28

ContributorWattonman

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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

Date1 Dec 2018 03:16:50

ContributorWattonman

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Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

Date7 Apr 2017 16:17:37

ContributorLucy May

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Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=52761

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:21

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 82, 162, 176-163 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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