Theodore Chronopolos
Military
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Object Number - UPL 39777 - 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy" Chronopolis at his station as Bombardier aboard B17 44-6133. The photo was taken during a training flight about a month...
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Returning from Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Sole survivor from A/C. WIA / RTD. MACR 6984
Clipped on his chute in the aftermath, Navigator 'Don' Watson was struggling to open the escape hatch, with the A/C in a spin. Came to in free-fall outside A/C. He opened his chute and blacked out again. Rescued from the water by boat.
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME, Silver Star, Presidential Unit Citation (Twice), Army Commendation Medal.
Teddy Chronopolis stayed on in the Military after WW2, carving out a distinguished career. He retired as a Captain in Military Intelligence and was a Special Agent in Military Counter-Intelligence. He died in 2012.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14059710
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.
Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke. Via Mitch Peeke.
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15133310 / O-701755
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31362371
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37298962
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035502 / O-759660
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Massachusetts, USA | 22 February 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 18 February 1943 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Other Mid Air Collision WIA |
Canvey Island | 19 June 1944 | Returning from Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Sole Survivor WIA / RTD |
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Other Hospitalised |
Gravesend, UK | 19 June 1944 - 21 June 1944 | British Naval hospital Gravesend |
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Other Hospitalised |
Tunbridge Wells, UK | 21 June 1944 - 16 August 1944 | Transferred to US 6th Field Hospital at Tunbridge Wells |
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Other Transferred |
16 August 1944 | Transferred to 12th Replacement Control Depot. | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Died |
Revisions
Jeanne Cronis-Campbell, Teddy's daughter. Via Mitch Peeke.
Jeanne Cronis-Campbell, via Mitch Peeke.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Mitch Peeke - User : https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/48889
https://www.fold3.com/image/28680891
https://www.fold3.com/record/83448177-theodore-chronopolos
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, November 1942-July 1945:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th page 395; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 308
