Chester D Bright

Military

Assigned 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Nicknames: Mary
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Born

Kansas, USA

Based

Warton 27 September 1944 Assigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF.

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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