Chester Elmer Coggeshall Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 31660 - Capt Chester E Coggeshall 343FS, 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
On the final mission of his 2nd tour he Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Salzburg in P-51D 44-15608 'Cape Cod Express' hit whilst strafing aerodrome west of Salzburg, crashed nearby Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13866.
Survived the crash of his aircraft into a small building, was subsequently executed by August Korbus, the Mayor of Freilassing, Germany. After being denied medical care and despite the objections of German Army medical personnel, he was taken to a wooded area outside of the town and shot twice in the head by Korbus. Korbus was executed by hanging at Landsberg Prison 15-Mar-46.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
30 April 1920 | Son of Chester Elmer Sr and Cora O [Hart] Coggeshall. | |
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Enlisted |
24 February 1942 | Fort Devens, Massachusetts | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
30 August 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Promotion |
30 August 1944 | Promoted to Captain. | |
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Other Killed in action |
16 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Salzburg in P-51D 44-15608 'Cape Cod Express' hit whilst strafing aerodrome west of Salzburg crashed nearby KIA. MACR 13866. | |
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | ||
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Based |
16 April 1945 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East FarmingdaleSuffolk County, New York. | ||
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Other Pilot training |
Completed advanced flight training - Williams FieldChandler, AZ |
Revisions
Documents of the trial against the germans.
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1233142#p1233142
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13866 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
