Warren Marshall Chapman

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Prop failure in P47D 42-7866. Crashed into trees off runway and suffered head injuries. 9-May-43. Transferred to 311FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF.

Crashed near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire poor weather during a ferry flight from Nuthampstead to Warton on 12-Feb-44 in P-38F 42-12579. Killed in Action (KIA).

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

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

Lieutenant Corfman, pilot of the 530th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group stands by a hole in the wing of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt. Corfman & hole.'

311th Ferry Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

56th Fighter Group

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

62nd Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-7866

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: The Greek
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

Maghaberry

Site type: Airfield

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Mecklenburg County, NC, USA	9 May 1919	Son of Clarence B and Arthilla [Thrash] Chapman.
Other Crashed	Montgomery Regional Airport, 4445 Selma Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36108, USA	24 August 1942	Landing Accident due to Ground Loop Selma Muni Airport, AL Cat 3 damage 2Lt Warren M Chapman, 24-Aug-42 AT-6A 41-16999 - 381SchSq
Other Crashed	Halesworth IP19, UK	9 May 1943	Prop failure in P47D 42-7866. Crashed into trees off runway and suffered head injuries. 9-May-43.
Died	Llangynog, Oswestry SY10 0ET, UK	12 February 1944	Crashed near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire poor weather during a ferry flight from Nuthampstead to Warton on 12-Feb-44 in P-38F 42-12579. Killed in Action (KIA).
Buried		14 February 1944	Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Based	Halesworth	9 May 1943	Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
Based	Maghaberry	12 February 1944	Transferred to 311FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF.
Buried	22 Dallas Ave, Selma, AL 36701, USA		Re-Interred Live Oak Cemetery Selma Dallas County, AL
	Selma, AL, USA
Enlisted	Charlotte, NC, USA

Revisions

Date26 Dec 2017 15:46:00

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/page/83989385-warren-m-chapman/facts
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Chapman%2C+Warre…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96674635/warren-marshall-chapman

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:09

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales Pg 338 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list