Wilson Cupp
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Assigned to 535BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Chapman, F. Crew.
Awards: DFC, AM(3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
The American Air Museum is Closed
Following recent government announcements the museum is currently closed, there is plenty to explore in our online archive.
The American Air Museum is a charity - Find out how you can support us
Frank G Chapman
Military
-
1st Lieutenant, Frank G. Chapman
-
"Capt. Chapman and crew of the 381st Bomb Group beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Chap's Flying Circus' at 8th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 18 September 1943."
Chapman, F. Crew
Service
People
-
-
Robert Gugenheim
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Chapman, F. Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Credited with one German fighter destroyed on the 23 September 1943 mission. -
Sidney Novell
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Chapman Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. B-17F #42-5846 "Tinker Toy". KIA July 26, 1943 on Mission #13 to the Blohm & Voss Seaplane factory at Hamburg. First mission. He was hit by a flak burst in the left thigh and artery. Buried in Brookwood,...
Units served with
-
381st Bomb Group
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and... -
535th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
-
42-5846 Tinker Toy
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 19/3/43; Pueblo 10/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-X] Ridgewell 26/5/43 with Capt Landon Hendricks, Capt John Hamilton, M/Sgt Marshall Peavey line chief, M/Sgt Rhea Rutherford radio, Lt Ernie...
Missions
-
VIII Bomber Command 77
26 July 1943
The German rubber industry at Hannover, Germany and the U-Boat shipyards at Hamburg, Germany are the primary focus of this mission. In addition, a German ship convoy and targets of opportunity at Wilhelmshaven and Wesermunde are bombed. The first...
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 03 December 2017 03:49:55 | ARowe95 | Changes to nickname |
| Sources | ||
ARowe95 |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 November 2017 19:20:52 | ARowe95 | Changes to place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
| Sources | ||
ARowe95 |
||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:10:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx |
||
