Chester Lytle Hoover

Military

Bombardier, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 'Iron Gut Gert'. Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Prisoner of War at an Amsterdam Temporary camp, Stalag Luft III and Luft VIIA.

Greybull, WY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18110019
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36057714
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738839
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37268722
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31150534
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greybull, WY 82426, USA 15 September 1922

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Ridgewell 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943

Other

Prisoner of War

Amsterdam, Netherlands 24 June 1943 - 28 June 1943 Amsterdam Temporary camp

Other

Prisoner of War

29 June 1943 - 7 January 1943 Dulag Luft

Other

Prisoner of War

Zagan, Poland 3 July 1943 - 27 January 1945 Stalag Luft III

Other

Prisoner of War

Moosburg, Germany 3 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 Stalag Luft VIIA

Died

1 April 2006 Mountview Cemetery Billings, MT

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Luftwaffe pilot information found on Fold.3

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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381stBGMA
532nd BS war Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
MACR 134
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st James Good Brown
Behind the Wire - Ewell McCright

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999; MACR 134 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database