Donald Vernon Chubb
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 21224 - Siblings Mary and Donald Chubb from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Both were killed in aircraft crashes while stationed in Britain.
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97081. Ditched, Killed in Action (KIA). His sister Mary was with the 181st Medical Division in England and was killed in a plane crash on 14 June 1944.
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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 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: N-759572
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Nurse
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 16 April 1944 - 8 May 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, James Wesley Brown, Jr, Crew. Three combat missions. |
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Died |
8 May 1944 | Comments: Damaged by flak, ditched in the Channel. MACR 4812 8 MIA, 2 Rescued | |
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Born |
Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4812, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…