Chester D Perkins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings and a medal on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling UPL 16356 UPL 16356 Chester D. Perkins, 751st BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 16356 - Chester D. Perkins, 751st BS, 457th BG

Killed in Action (KIA) 21 June 1944 in B-17 #4231656

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31656

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA 2 November 1923

Died

21 June 1944

Buried

Poughkeepsie, New York, Verenigde Staten

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 21 June 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorA. van Erp
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Sources

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Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 6004 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6004 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Chester D Perkins: Gallery (2 items)

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings and a medal on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling

Object number: UPL 16356 - Chester D. Perkins, 751st BS, 457th BG