John R Chapman
MilitaryShot down 6 March 1943 in B-17F #42-5130 'Sweet Pea', 306BG/367BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Aircraft was on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. Flak caused damage to aircraft and he baled out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
Connections
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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: Sweet Pea
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 6 March 1943 - 6 March 1946 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Late RMC date indicates he was suffering from wounds in hospital. Evacuted to the US on 6-Mar-46. |
Born |
Revisions
Added some punctuation to the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 29-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added SN per MACR 15568;Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, unit association, crew position and target details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15568 / MACR 15568, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 89, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 74-6 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database