Edwin Shepard Chickering
Military
Rear L to R: Col Hubert Zemke, Lt Col Donald J M Blakeslee, Col Frank B James, Lt Col Einar A Malmstrom, Col Joe Lennard Mason, Lt Col Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian Jr.
Middle L to R: lt Col Edwin Shepard Chickering, Col James J Stone Jr, Lt Col Glenn E Duncan, Col William James Cummings Jr, Col Avelin Paul Tacon Jr, Col Barton M Russell.
Seated L to R: Col Edward W Anderson, Col Murray Clark Woodbury, Maj Gen William E Kepner, Col Jesse Auton, Col Francis H Griswold.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47576-55088AC.
Object Number - UPL 28692 - Maj Gen William E Kepner and members of his command. Rear L to R: Col Hubert Zemke, Lt Col Donald J M Blakeslee, Col Frank B James, Lt Col Einar A...
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 367FG, 9AF USAAF.,
Awards: DFC, AM (7OLC), LOM, Croix de Guerre, Bronze Star, WWII Victory, EAME, OCC, National Defense, UN and Korean medals, Air Force Longevity Service (7OLC).
Post war: Remained in USAF till retirement 1967 at rank of Brig General.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oil City, PA 16301, USA | 23 September 1912 | Son of James and Helen Chickering. |
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Based |
Leiston | 7 July 1943 - 17 February 1944 | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 23 July 1943 | Promoted to Colonel. |
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Other Crashed |
15 miles Sth Lusk, WY 82225, USA | 17 October 1943 | Baled Out Mid Air Collision 15 Miles Sth Lusk, WY Cat 5 damage Capt Edwin S Chickering, 17-Oct-43. P-39N 42-9097 - 363FS 357FG 2AF |
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Other Transferred |
Stoney Cross, Lyndhurst SO43 7GN, UK | 17 February 1944 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 367FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Little Rock, AR, USA | 14 February 2003 | |
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Buried |
24 March 2003 | ||
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Other Pilot training |
555 E. Street East, JBSA Randolph, TX 78150, United States | Basic flight training - Randolph AAF San Antonio, TX | |
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Other Pilot training |
Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA | Advanced flight training - Kelly AAF San Antonio, TX |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/312802048?terms=Edwin%20S%20Chickering
https://www.fold3.com/record/528221844-edwin-chickering-1912
http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107503/brigadier…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Chickering%2C+Ed…
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8778960/edwin-shepard-chickering
