Warren Marshall Chapman
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Prop failure in P47D 42-7866. Crashed into trees off runway and suffered head injuries. 9-May-43. Transferred to 311FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF.
Crashed near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire poor weather during a ferry flight from Nuthampstead to Warton on 12-Feb-44 in P-38F 42-12579. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: The Greek
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mecklenburg County, NC, USA | 9 May 1919 | Son of Clarence B and Arthilla [Thrash] Chapman. |
Other Crashed |
Montgomery Regional Airport, 4445 Selma Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36108, USA | 24 August 1942 | Landing Accident due to Ground Loop Selma Muni Airport, AL Cat 3 damage 2Lt Warren M Chapman, 24-Aug-42 AT-6A 41-16999 - 381SchSq |
Other Crashed |
Halesworth IP19, UK | 9 May 1943 | Prop failure in P47D 42-7866. Crashed into trees off runway and suffered head injuries. 9-May-43. |
Died |
Llangynog, Oswestry SY10 0ET, UK | 12 February 1944 | Crashed near Llangynog, Montgomeryshire poor weather during a ferry flight from Nuthampstead to Warton on 12-Feb-44 in P-38F 42-12579. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
14 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Based |
Halesworth | 9 May 1943 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
Maghaberry | 12 February 1944 | Transferred to 311FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
22 Dallas Ave, Selma, AL 36701, USA | Re-Interred Live Oak Cemetery Selma Dallas County, AL | |
Selma, AL, USA | |||
Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales Pg 338 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list