Oliver Matthew Chiesl
Military
Photo from the article by Oliver's son William D. Chiesl at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clipped-wings-ww2-story-honor-my-dad-194…
Object Number - UPL 40606 - Oliver Matthew Chiesl. Photo from the article by Oliver's son William D. Chiesl at...
Oliver Chiesl was Navigator on pilot Charles L. Duncan's "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18063077
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 00026405 at enlistment, then O-727093
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37292132
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20345534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Judy E
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 April 1915 | Chicago, Illinois, the son of Oliver and Gertrude Lois Chiesl | |
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Other Bailed out |
10 July 1943 | of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
10 July 1943 | Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : "Interned at SL3; Returned to Military Control 19 May 1945." Force-marched from SL3 to Stalag VIIA Moosburg, liberated 29 April 1945 by US forces. | |
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Enlisted |
21 March 2042 | as a Private in the Air Corps, in Chicago, Illinois | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois | ||
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Died |
Skokie, Illinois |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
US Census 1930
NARA VETERANS' BIRLS files
Article by Oliver's son William D. Chiesl at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clipped-wings-ww2-story-honor-my-dad-194…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
