Richard Murray Chapman
MilitaryCrash landed in a field near East Shropham due to the props on two engines running away on form-up for a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-30188 'Temptation'. RTD.
Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH, POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Aucilla, Florida | 6 November 1908 | BornAucilla, Florida |
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Enlisted |
Camp Blanding Florida | 26 May 1942 | EnlistedCamp Blanding Florida |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 24 April 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland |
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Died |
Daytona Beach, Florida | 31 July 1970 | DiedDaytona Beach, Florida |
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Buried |
Daytona Memorial Park Daytona Beach, Florida | 3 August 1970 | InterredDaytona Memorial ParkDaytona Beach, Florida |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4164 / MACR 4164, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 132 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database