Floyd H Chesmore
Military ROLL OF HONOURBack Row Left is believed to be Hugh Jack, Ball Turret Gunner
Back Row Second left is confirmed as Pilot Floyd Chesmore
Back Row Centre is confirmed as Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey
Back Row Right is confirmed as Paul Manno
Picture Courtesy of Josephine Manno. Daughter of Paul
Shot down by flak and crashed along the Scheldt River on the return from a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-39960. Was last in the Fortress with his Co-Pilot Leroy Teachey when they prepared to bail out. The plane exploded in mid-air and they were both Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32424382
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16071285
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31128337
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14054768 at enlistment, then O-747920
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 November 1918 | Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming | |
Enlisted |
8 April 1942 | Missoula, Montana | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
Moerzeke, Belgium | 2 March 1944 | in the loss of B-17 #42-39960 which exploded in mid-air before he could bail out |
Buried |
4 March 1944 | Buried in Moerzeke, Belgium | |
Florence, Ravalli County, Montana | |||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Floyd Chesmore rests at Plot B, Row 39, Grave 38 |
Revisions
Leroy James Teachey Nephew, Gordon Teachey family and Belgium Friends photos
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2856 / MACR 2856, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database