Chester Peter Hewitt

Military
media-45402.jpeg UPL 45402 2LT Chester P. Hewitt
Navigator
Othello D. Smith Crew
388th BG - 561st/562nd BG 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45402 - 2LT Chester P. Hewitt Navigator Othello D. Smith Crew 388th BG - 561st/562nd BG

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Units served with

People

Aircraft

44-8234

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

44-8251

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

44-8540

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round Trip
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

883

  • Date: 12 March 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY 4 November 1923
Lawrence, NY 30 June 1942 241 Rockaway Turnpike

Enlisted

New York, NY 18 March 1943

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield, UK 16 November 1944 - 16 April 1945

Died

15 December 1980

Revisions

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Sources

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=749491
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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