Gabriel Joseph Chapra
Military
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UPL 45260
Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pretty Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Go Getter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 11 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
- Date: 7 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New York, NY | 14 September 1920 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield,, UK | 30 November 1944 - 16 April 1945 | |
Died |
Del Mar, CA | 2 June 2010 | |
Buried |
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA | 14 June 2010 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Plot CBN 3 605 |
Bronx, NY | 1090 Simpson Street |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php