Robert David Chavez

Military

Shot down 20 July 1944 in AC #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated, returned to United States and honorably discharged 26 October 1945.

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Units served with

People

Bernard Lester Farnum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32374784 at enlistment, then O-682835
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Magee Charles Fuller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699243
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Henry Cecil Griffis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14098691 at enlistment, then O-809589
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator, Radar, Radar Navigator

Francis Chase Kincannon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-409811
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Earl Nance

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16000105 at enlistment, then O-666697
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

19 January 1919 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Enlisted

13 February 1943 Los Angeles, California

Other

force-landed

20 July 1944 near Chaam, Holland in B-17 42-97564

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 July 1944 Interned at Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated.
Los Angeles, California

Enlisted

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database