Douglas M Chesshir

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Richville on 6/25/44 in B-24 #4295249 Flew 15 missions shot down on 16th. Spent 6 weeks with French Underground then 7 days in prison in Paris, then taken to Buchenwald on 8/18/44. Stayed there 2 mos then sent to Stalag Luft III until Jan '45 then went to Stalag 7 until liberated on 4/29/45.



POW/Purple Heart/3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Air Medal w/2Oak Leaf Cluster /Euro Combat Medal

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.

489th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95249

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rochester, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 25 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6987 / MACR 6987 self / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database