Richard Edwin Chandler

Military

Assigned to 374FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 1 FW-190 and damaged 1 FW-190 on first mission 26-Nov-44. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission hit by flak strafing a train, baled out when engine failed. 22-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12674.

Awards: AM, Silver Star, LOM, Bronze Star, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.

Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean war and flew fighters, photo recce fighter interceptors until 1970, rose to rank of Colonel.

1 dest., 1 damaged

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-13340

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron

Places

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag VII-A

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Albany, Oregon	11 October 1924	Son of George Nunn and Laurel Mae [Pugh] Chandler.
Enlisted	Springfield, MA, USA	29 August 1942
Other Baled out POW	Göttingen, Germany	22 February 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission hit by flak strafing a train, baled out when engine failed. 22-Feb-45 POW MACR 12674.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Nuremberg, Germany	22 February 1945 - 27 May 1945	Prisoner of War (POW) camps Dulag Luft, Luft IIIA Nurenberg - Stalag VIIA Moosburg, Germany. Liberated 5/27/45.
Other Promotion	Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
	Hampden County, MA, USA

Revisions

Date22 Dec 2017 15:10:12

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Chandler&Submit=Sear…
https://www.fold3.com/image/28829433
https://www.fold3.com/record/85563041-richard-e-chandler
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102530269/richard-edwin-chandler

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:29

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12674 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, MACR 12674