Chester W Desormeaux
MilitaryShot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #423388 'Sleepytime Gal. ' Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sleepytime Girl
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Costral Falls, Rhode Island, USA | 20 March 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Providence, RI, USA | 19 January 1942 | |
Other Returned (RTD) |
Germany | 24 April 1944 | |
Died |
Alachua County, FL, USA | 9 April 1998 | |
Based |
Great Ashfield | ||
Buried |
Pawtucket, RI, USA | Notre Dame Cemetery |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Enlistment record: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=14&cat=all&tf…
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=123335383&PIpi=95…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4452 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database