Robert Charles Chapin
MilitaryBack L-R: Capt. Carl Schwob (MN), Maj. Robert Chapin (N), Lt. Col. Theodore Milton (AC/CP), 1st Lt. Leif Ostnes (P), 1st Lt. Herbert Schaaf (OBS/TG)
Front L-R: Victor Riordan (TT), William “Pop” Dolan, Maj. Richard Crown (B), 2nd Lt. Robert Whipple (2N), Norris McCollum (RO)
Dolan is not on the loading list but is listed as a passenger on the "J" Form.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- 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.
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Eileen's Kindergarten
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Revisions
Added Middle Name per info on 384th BG website.
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4556
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
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…