Herbert A Chesney

Military
media-31173.jpeg UPL 31173 Capt Herbert A Chesney 383FS, 364FG, 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 31173 - Capt Herbert A Chesney 383FS, 364FG, 8AF.

Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill on 15-Aug-44. Returned to Flying Duty.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Priss IV
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd 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

Island Pond, Brighton, VT 05846, USA 19 December 1919 Son of Glenn Eugene and Hilma Amanda [Hobbs] Chesney.

Enlisted

Devens, MA, USA 30 September 1941 Fort Devens Massachusetts

Other

Crashed

John Wayne Airport (SNA), 18601 Airport Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707, USA 28 December 1942 Landing Accident Orange Co Airport, CA Cat 4 Lt Herbert A Chesney, 28-Dec-42. P-38G 43-2231 - 332FS 329FG

Other

E/A Destroyed

Mannheim, Germany 15 August 1944 Me109 destroyed Mannheim 15-Aug-44. P-51D 44-13971.

Other

Returned to Flying Duty

16 October 1944

Died

Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA 24 July 1994

Other

Promoted

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK Promoted to Captain.

Based

Honington 16 October 1944 Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

501 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Santa Fe County, NM
Essex County, VT, USA

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