Robert C Chapin

Military

Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #126 dated 23 October 1943, Lloyd Horton Crew.
Was appointed as Group Navigator and transferred to Group Headquarters - 39 combat missions.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Lloyd Horton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot. B-17. Satan's Playmate.

Dale Orville Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-19465
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer; pilot

Aircraft

43-38588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eileen's kindergarten
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)

Places

Revisions

Date20 May 2015 11:01:32
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include information from AAIR 44-11-16-534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date23 Feb 2015 22:19:04
Contributorbombercommand
Sources

384thbombgroup.com

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:02
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…