Chester Paul Snyder

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53998.jpeg UPL 53998 S/Sgt Chester P Snyder

Object Number - UPL 53998 - S/Sgt Chester P Snyder

Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1334.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-796910
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Damn Yankee
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Binghamton, New York, USA 15 August 1918 Son of Chester Carl and Cora E [Sullivan] Snyder.

Died

Snellengem, Belgium 1 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. KIA. MACR 1334

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Grafton Underwood 1 December 1943 Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Re-interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot A Row 34 grave 14

Revisions

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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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