John A Chalot

Military

Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Munster. Apparently hit by flak 11 Mar 1944 and crashed at Maastricht-Scharn, Holland in P-51B #43-6554. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-6554

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Westchester County, NY, USA 19 December 1919

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 2 September 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out

Scharn, Maastricht, Netherlands 11 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Gladbeck area hit by flak. POW MACR 3105.

Died

Riverside, CA, USA 29 January 2003

Based

Steeple Morden 11 March 1944 Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FL 34203, USA Manasota Memorial Park Bradenton Manatee County, FL

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/7474301-john-a-chalot
https://www.fold3.com/image/37108066
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Charlot&Submit=Search
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127783806/john-a-chalot

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 3105, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list