John Harold Chaffin
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48463 - F/O John Harold Chaffin, 95BG.
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060366 / O-665661
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Herky Jerky II aka Lover Boy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook V
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fritz Blitz
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Chuck
- Unit: 533rd Bomb Squadron 381st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Powhuska, OK | 7 March 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, Texas | 3 July 1940 | Dallas, Texas |
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Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham | 4 July 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on Mission 24 |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Munster, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. POW MACR 1118 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 11 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
23 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Fort Worth, TX | 20 August 2001 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, TX | 24 August 2001 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Plot Section 11 Site 477 |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
