Chester Paul Snyder
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Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1334.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796910
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Binghamton, New York, USA | 15 August 1918 | Son of Chester Carl and Cora E [Sullivan] Snyder. |
Died |
Snellengem, Belgium | 1 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. KIA. MACR 1334 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Grafton Underwood | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot A Row 34 grave 14 |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Removed redundant info from Buried event.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database