Robert David Chavez
MilitaryShot down 20 July 1944 in AC #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated, returned to United States and honorably discharged 26 October 1945.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32374784 at enlistment, then O-682835
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699243
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14098691 at enlistment, then O-809589
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-409811
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16000105 at enlistment, then O-666697
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
19 January 1919 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
Enlisted |
13 February 1943 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other force-landed |
20 July 1944 | near Chaam, Holland in B-17 42-97564 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 July 1944 | Interned at Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated. | |
Los Angeles, California | |||
Enlisted |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database