Kenneth Chetwood
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 67FW, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lady Jacquelyn on tail coded 41-6364WW code HL-D removed
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center)
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Maggie V
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Maggie IV
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Sabotage Jr
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 8 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 4 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Platte County, WY, USA | 1 June 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA | 24 March 1942 | Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne, WY |
Based |
Duxford | 22 April 1943 - 5 October 1943 | Transferred to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Crashed |
Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, Chichester PO20 2ES, UK | 21 September 1943 | Belly Landing RAF Tangmere Cat 3 damage Lt Kenneth Chetwood, 21-Sep-43. P-47D 42-7882 - 83FS 78FG 8AF |
Other Crashed |
Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, Chichester PO20 2ES, UK | 26 September 1943 | Forced Landing Mech Failure Appledrome nr RAF Tangmere Cat 4 damage Lt Kenneth Chetwood, 26-Sep-43. P-47C 41-6364 - 83FS 78FG 8AF |
Based |
5 October 1943 | Assigned to 67FW, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other E/A Probable [Air] |
30 January 1944 | Me110 probable [Air] 30-Jan-44. | |
Other Crashed |
20 miles Sth Metfield, Harleston IP20 0LH, UK | 27 February 1944 | Mid Air Collision 20 miles Sth Metfield Cat 3 Lt Kenneth Chetwood, 27-Feb-44. P-47D 42-74618 - 350FS 353FG 8AF |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7 5LL, UK | 4 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other E/A Destroyed shared [Air] |
Selters (Westerwald), Germany | 12 May 1944 | 1/2 Me109 destroyed [Air] 12-May-44. |
Other Bailed Out Returned (BO:R) |
10 June 1944 | Hit by flak whilst strafing a train, causing fire on board A/C. Bailing out behind the American advanced line. 10-Jun-44. | |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7 5LL, UK | 2 August 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 17 August 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Other Discharged USAAF |
United States | 12 January 1947 | Honourable discharge 12-Jan-47. |
Died |
19 September 1987 | ||
Based |
Duxford | 17 August 1944 | Transferred to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Huguley, AL 36863, USA | Resthaven Memorial Gardens Huguley, Chambers County, AL | |
Guernsey, WY, USA |
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