Hugh W Chaffin
MilitaryShot down by fighters on mission to Oscherleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37809 'Carolina Queen. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carolina Queen
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
11 January 1944 | ||
Born |
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA | ||
Buried |
Kentucky | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2506 / MACR 2506, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database