Donald Vernon Chubb

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media-21224.jpeg UPL 21224 Siblings Mary and Donald Chubb from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Both were killed in aircraft crashes while stationed in Britain.

Chester Country Hall of Heroes article by Don Wambold: http://webapps.chesco.org/heroes/chubb/mary_chubb.htm

Object Number - UPL 21224 - Siblings Mary and Donald Chubb from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Both were killed in aircraft crashes while stationed in Britain.

Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944.  Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97081. Ditched, Killed in Action (KIA)/Missing in Action (MIA). His sister Mary was with the 181st Medical Division in England and was killed in a plane crash on 14 June 1944. 

 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0-754409
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Service Numbers: N-759572
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Nurse
Headshot of man wearing  Air Force leather flying gear including leather helmet and goggles on head
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093338
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Headshot of smiling man wearing military uniform and cap
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17128306
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-699180
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 384th Bomb Group drop bombs over Dijon. Printed caption on reverse: '50917 AC- Bombs from Boein B-17 Flying Fortresses dropping on Dijon. US Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '28/3/44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jamaica Mary
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Missing in Action (MIA)

English Channel 8 May 1944 Damaged by flak, ditched in the English Channel. 8 MIA, 2 Rescued.  MACR 4812  

Born

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Other

Memorialized

Colleville-sur-Mer, France Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Tablets of the Missing

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