Gabriel Joseph Chapra
Military
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UPL 45260
Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
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Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: No No Nannette : Cadet Nurse the 2nd
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Joe
- Unit: 336th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Section Eight
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 April 1945
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 25 February 1945
- Date: 24 February 1945
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY | 14 September 1920 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield,, UK | 30 November 1944 - 16 April 1945 | |
Died |
Del Mar, CA | 2 June 2010 | |
Buried |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA | 14 June 2010 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Plot CBN 3 605 |
Bronx, NY | 1090 Simpson Street |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php