Chester W Mis

Military

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 42-31634 'Texas Chubby' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was attacked by fighters, blew up in mid-air, and crashed at Eichenberg, Germany.

POW

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Units served with

324th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31634

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Texas Chubby, The JVille Jolter
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 556

Date: 16 August 1944

Places

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Tychów, Poland	16 August 1944 - 4 July 1945	Held at Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45
Born	La Salle, Illinois

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychów, Poland

16 August 1944 - 4 July 1945

Held at Stalag Luft 4, Gross-Tychow, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45

Born

La Salle, Illinois

Revisions

Date13 Dec 2014 23:00:28

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:10

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8184