Chester Ellsworth Shattuck

Military

Radio operator, Forkner crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3227. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 661. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft XVIIB.

Greenfield, MA



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Lin Foon Chew

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18120798
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Hamden L Forkner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-416956
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harry H Horton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14164586
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert Estabrook Hyatt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-797321
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph Anthony Kelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-3227

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA 4 March 1912

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 17 August 1943 Stalag Luft XVIIB

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His grandson Sean Shattuck posted this picture of art his grandfather had drawn while in Stalag 17B 

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221943736597712&set=gm.629084487…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 661 / MACR 661, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database