Andrew Long Chilton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (364th Fighter Group) 384th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 384th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

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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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list