Constantine S Chioles
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 50522 - Constantine S Chioles
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Credited 1 x damaged.
Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Aurora, IL, USA | 1 June 1915 | Son of Samuel and Emily Chioles. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 14 May 1942 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 2 October 1944 - 6 July 1945 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Hanover, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Me262 damaged SE Hanover 10-Apr-45. |
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Other Crashed |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 11 April 1945 | Landing Accident Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 3 damage Lt Constantine S Chioles, 11-Apr-45. P-51D 44-13600 - 338FS 55FG 8AF |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 16 April 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Based Transferred |
Duxford | 6 July 1945 - 20 July 1945 | Transferred to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 20 July 1945 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Other |
16 December 1945 | Joined USAF Reserves. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
28 September 1957 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Illinois | 9 April 2008 | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- WWW.55th.org roster;
- Unit roster in book Duxford Diary, 1989 edition by Duxford Aviation Society
