41-6411 Muscle Bound
Right: pilot Lt. William Chapman, Jr
Center: crew chief Staff Sargent Edward Wagner
Left: Unknown
D. Chapman
P-47C-5-RE 41-6411 [HL:N], was assigned to 78FG/83FS at Duxford, UK.
Muscle Bound
Original pilot was William T. Chapman, Jr. In Sept of '43, he had a cold and loaned his plane to Charlton.
The aircraft, piloted by 2LT Quentin Charlton, was despatched on a fighter sweep in the Calaise/Egmond area. The aircraft apparently ran out of fuel on the return about 25 miles east of Manston and 2LT Charlton baled out into the sea. Air-Sea Rescue (ASR) was unable to find him and he was lost in the sea. 1KIA MACR 672.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 551st Fighter Training Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792804
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11042614 / O-792805
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Missions
- Date: 22 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
25 miles NE Manston, Ramsgate CT12 5BB, UK | 22 September 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Pilot baled out over the North Sea, 25 miles east of Manston when the aircraft ran out of fuel. Pilot was lost in the sea and his remains have never been recovered. |
Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
Delivered |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Jun-2015. Added Radio Call Sign and Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Added FTR evetnt per MACR 0672.
MACR 672 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database