Francis R Chase
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 42-31987 'the Little Skipper' Baled out Killed in Action (KIA) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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: Shilaylee, The Little Skipper
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT, USA | 4 March 1943 | |
Died |
Frisian Islands | 31 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 42-31987 'the Little Skipper' Baled out Killed in Action (KIA) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359 |
Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA | Son of William P and Anna R Chase. | |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 31 December 1944 | Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing. Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Netherlands | ||
Contra Costa County, CA, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11550 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database