Chester E Conover
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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FRE 5134
The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Kiel, Germany in B-17 42-29700.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36395293
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735269
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16101071
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736507 , Enlsited ASN 14076769
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34202988
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jimmie Boy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ohio | ||
Buried |
Neupré, Belgium | Final Resting Place or Memorial: Plot A Row 43 Grave 50, Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 29 July 1943 | Shot down by enemy aircraft after attacking target of opportunity (TOO) with the 384th Bomb Group. No MACR. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Memories of the 384th BG, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 205 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database