Claude A Chinn
Military
Object Number - UPL 31207 - Lt. Claude A Chinn 63rd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-28741 UN-C.
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 6 x kills. After strafing Gelnhausen A/D P-47 hit by flak from nearby A/D, losing oil - headed for friendly troop positions, belly landing near a troop convoy and set A/C on fire. Nearly shot by his own A/C's ammo, as it 'cooked off'. 5-Sep-44 RTD. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (9OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 11 October 1944
- Date: 5 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kansas City, Missouri | 4 August 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS, USA | 6 August 1942 | Kansas City Kansas |
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Other Crashed |
Well, Bedale DL8 2PX, UK | 8 June 1944 | Belly Landing Lytonhouse Farm, nr Well Cat 4 damage Lt Claude A Chinn, 8-Jun-44. P-47D 42-7913 - 551FTS 495FTG 8AF |
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Based |
Boxted | 15 June 1944 - 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Belly landing [RTD] |
Sth of Troyes, France | 5 September 1944 | After strafing Gelnhausen A/D hit by flak from nearby A/D, losing oil headed for friendly troop positions, belly landing near a troop convoy. Nearly shot by his own A/C's ammo, as it 'cooked off'. RTD |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 12 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 23 December 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
Clermont, FL, USA | 26 March 2006 | |
| Jackson County, MO, USA | |||
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Buried |
1823 N Blue Mills Rd, Independence, MO 64058, USA | Salem Cemetery Independence Jackson County, MO | |
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Other Pilot training |
Moore Air Base, 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20591, USA | Flight training - Class 43-K - Moore Field, Mission, TX. |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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Wolfpack Warriors: The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit By Roger A. Freeman
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Wolfpack Warriors: The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit By Roger A. Freeman
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101525467/claude-a-chinn
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
