Chester W Drake

Military

INT Hit by flak and crash-landed at Altenrhein, Switzerland on 11 July 1944 in B-24 #4251106

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Units served with

People

J T P Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38349662
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Siegvart J Robertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14051866 and O-792636
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Vincent C Willis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12214823 and O-819236
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Michigan, United States 2 October 1920

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan, United States 19 September 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 11 July 1944 - 24 July 1944 after crash landing at Altenrhein, Switzerland

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7495
392nd Bomb Group website : http://www.b24.net/missions/MM071144.htm#07495

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database