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Personal info

Full name
LUNDQUIST, Chester H
Date of birth
30 March 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Richmond, Franklin County, Kansas
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39238814
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 August 1943
Place of death
Leimersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 14 6

Immediate family

Members
Oscar Lundquist (father)
Mary Lundquist (mother)
Clifford Lundquist (brother)
Glendine Lundquist (sister)
Gladys Lundquist (sister)
Victor Lundquist (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5821
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Cindy
Destination: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil refinery
MACR: 1360

More information

S/Sgt Chester H. Lundquist was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 11 May 1942. He received training at several bases including Boise, Salt Lake City and Walla Walla, Washington. After finishing at Walla Walla he was on convoy duty over the Pacific ocean for twenty-one days from a base in Oregon. On 30 May 1943, he took off on his way to England

The airplane suffered a fire in the bomb-bay area from flak and fighter attacks.

Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Leimersdorf, Germany.

S/Sgt Lundquist is remembered at the North Wayne Cemetery in Olds, Henry County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, The Rigby Star - 3 August 1944, WWIIMemorial, Archives, Fold3, Ancestry

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Rigby Star 3 August 1944