Charles Gunby Chaffey
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 52683 - 1st Lt Charles G. Chaffey. 401BG.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DSC, DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Parsonville, MD | 13 May 1916 | Son of William Tamlin and Florence [Gunby] Chaffey. |
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Enlisted |
9 March 1942 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
9 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Marion, Somerset County, Maryland | 20 August 1948 | |
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Buried |
Saint Paul's Cemetery Marion, Somerset County, MD | 23 August 1948 | Saint Paul's Cemetery Marion, Somerset County, Maryland |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorHotelie1970
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Sources
GENERAL ORDER # 495, IX Troop Carrier Command dated 5 November 1944: From Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Williams.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3473
