John Harlan Chilton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on Kassel mission in B-24 42-51541, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9394





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (1 x Battle Star), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Raymond Earl Ische

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16116395 / O-700886
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Observer

Aircraft

42-51541

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tulsa, OK 8 July 1922 Son of John Seymour and Bertha Ann [White] Chilton.

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK 15 September 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma

Died

Friedlos, Germany 27 September 1944

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 September 1944 Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot E Row 10 Grave 31

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed the label for a POW event to “Killed in Action (KIA)” per info in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, MACR 9394 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9394 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database