Chester Storms Crans
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Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 35. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796096
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sequatchiee
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Yates County, NY, USA | 12 October 1920 | Son of Leo E and Florence Crans |
Enlisted |
Rochester, NY, USA | 15 August 1942 | |
Other Returned to Base RTB |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 20 October 1943 | Mission to Duren in B-17 42-3312 hit by flak at Tilburg 4 x crew baled remainder RTB MACR 14417 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
Rome, NY | 5 October 1945 | Honourably discharged. |
Died |
Cuba, NY 14727, USA | 1 September 1992 | |
Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY | Woodlawn Cemetery Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY | |
Washingtont, Dundee, NY | At time of draft registration: Employed at Ingersoll Rand Painted Post, Dundee, NY |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Crans%2C+Chester+S