Andrew Long Chilton
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Hagenow hit by concentrated ground fire strafing Ju88 at Hagenow A/D, crashed at Lueneburg in P-38J 43-28734 21-May-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5016.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Comanche, TX 76442, USA | 21 August 1918 | Son of William Earnest and Mabel [Long] Chilton. |
Enlisted |
Fort Worth, TX, USA | 23 November 1940 | Fort Worth, Texas |
Based |
Honington | 26 December 1943 - 21 May 1944 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lüneburg, Germany | 21 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Hagenow hit by concentrated ground fire strafing Hagenow A/D, crashed at Lueneburg in P-38J 43-28734 21-May-44. KIA MACR 5016. |
Buried |
Lueneburg | 22 May 1944 | Interred Lueneburg cemetery. |
Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1QZ, UK | Promoted to Major. | |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Tarrant County, TX, USA | |||
Buried |
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, TX | Memorialised Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Texas |
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