Donald Vernon Chubb
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Chester Country Hall of Heroes article by Don Wambold: http://webapps.chesco.org/heroes/chubb/mary_chubb.htm
Object Number - UPL 21224 - Siblings Mary and Donald Chubb from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Both were killed in aircraft crashes while stationed in Britain.
Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97081. Ditched, Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA). 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33421883
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39842787 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115017
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13062756
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner; Bombardier; Togglier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Missing in Action (MIA) |
English Channel | 8 May 1944 | Damaged by flak, ditched in the English Channel. 8 MIA, 2 Rescued. MACR 4812 |
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Born |
Doylestown, Pennsylvania | ||
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Other Memorialized |
Colleville-sur-Mer, France | Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Tablets of the Missing |
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=…