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Personal info

Full name
CHILCOAT, James Maurice
Date of birth
4 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
O-688917
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
734th Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1944
Place of death
6 miles south of Brunswick, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 5 1

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence R. Chilcoat (father)
Mary E. (Fogle) Chilcoat (wife)
Lawrence F. Chilcoat (brother)
Dorothy M. Chilcoat (sister)
Mary E. Chilcoat (sister)
John F. Chilcoat (brother)
Kathleen V. (Dawson) Chilcoat (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50278
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 4591

More information

James M. Chilcoat graduated from Webster High School in 1943 and was employed by the Federal government as a chemist in the laboratory at Alberdeen.

The airplane collided in mid-air.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / 1940 Census, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.FamilySearch.org - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.familysearch.org - Mary Beth Malooly, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bomb Class Book 43-11, Big Spring Flying School, Texas