Chester D Bright
MilitaryAssigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to return a casualty evacuation mission to St Trond, Belgium in C-47B 43-48395. Killed when flak hit A/C, which went on to crash land 2.5 miles from Aachen, Germany. 27-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9621.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Mary
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Boise, ID, USA | 9 February 1943 | |
Died |
Between St Trond and Aachen, Germany | 27 September 1944 | Failed to return a casualty evacuation mission to St Trond, Belgium in C-47B 43-48395. Killed when flak hit A/C, which went on to crash land 2.5 miles from Aachen, Germany. 27-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9621. |
Ada County, ID, USA | |||
Buried |
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Born |
Kansas, USA | ||
Based |
Warton | 27 September 1944 | Assigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit, Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales Pg 338