Gabriel Joseph Chapra

Military
media-45260.jpeg 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

Object Number - 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:...

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  • Date: 22 February 1945
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  • Date: 21 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945
  • Date: 6 February 1945
  • Date: 1 February 1945

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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

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