Chester L Phillips Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Approximately 20 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; hit by flak twice in rear fuselage, also one engine and a final burst hit the cockpit turning it into an inferno 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38057048 / O-726980
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12055743
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20443081
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37087575
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Despatcher, Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20641515
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Beaver
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greenville, Texas, USA 26 January 1918 Son of Chester L Sr and Lucia D [Taggart] Phillips.

Enlisted

Dallas. TX 25 November 1940 Dallas, Texas

Died

Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; Shot down 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot D Row 12 Grave 2

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Shipdham 14 May 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County, TX Memorialised Forest Park Cemetery Greenville, Hunt County, Texas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2748 / MACR 2748, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, National WWII Memorial, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database