Franklin Ralph Chvatal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron 2911th Bomb Squadron (Provisional)
- Service Numbers: O-660245
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Desperate Ambrose
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Moanin Gus
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: It's Just a Step Over/Uncle Bob
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, Ohio | 8 May 1921 | |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 16 February 1942 | 11024 Union Avenue Worked for Euclid Road Machinery | |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, Ohio | 23 September 1942 | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Bernay, France | 4 March 1944 | |
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Other Wounded In Action/Purple Heart |
Wisques, France | 19 March 1944 | Captain Dunn was greeted by a piece of flak, coming through the right hand side of his windshield and received a scratch on his eyebrow. Mech gunner Chvatel of Lt. Cole's crew received a similar injury when a flak fragment entered the gunner's compartment. Cpl. Fiestl, turret gunner in Lt. Schouten's crew, received a small flesh wound in the leg. |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Kall, Germany | 5 December 1944 | |
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Died |
Tustin, California | 25 September 2008 | |
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery | 28 September 2008 | Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA |