John A Chalot
MilitaryAssigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Munster. Apparently hit by flak 11 Mar 1944 and crashed at Maastricht-Scharn, Holland in P-51B #43-6554. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Westchester County, NY, USA | 19 December 1919 | |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 2 September 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out |
Scharn, Maastricht, Netherlands | 11 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Gladbeck area hit by flak. POW MACR 3105. |
Died |
Riverside, CA, USA | 29 January 2003 | |
Based |
Steeple Morden | 11 March 1944 | Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FL 34203, USA | Manasota Memorial Park Bradenton Manatee County, FL |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 3105, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list