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Personal info

Full name
SNYDER, Chester Paul
Date of birth
15 August 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
32383172
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
545th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
1 December 1943
Place of death
Snellegem, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 14

Immediate family

Members
Chester C. Snyder (father)
Cora E. (Sullivan) Snyder (mother)
Cora J. Snyder (sister)
Harold L. Snyder (brother)
Francis Snyder (brother)
Robert A. Snyder (brother)
William G. Snyder (brother)
Ida B. Snyder (sister)
Dorothy (Stoddard) Snyder (wife)
Nancy C. Snyder (daughter)
Lois B. Snyder (daughter)
Sue Ann Snyder (daughter)
Chester P. Snyder, Jr. (son)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24557
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Damn Yankee
Destination: Solingen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the non-ferrous metals plant
MACR: 1334

More information

S/Sgt Chester P. Snyder was employed by the D.L. & W. Railroad.

He enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 27 July 1942.

The airplane left the formation over Belgium after fighters caused severe damage to the rear section. Five crew members bailed out before it nosed down and crashed at Snellegem, six miles southwest of Bruges, Belgium, at 1255hrs. Four of them were taken prisoner after they touched the ground a half mile from Ettelgem.

Four crew members were killed. Their remains were found in the wreckage.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com, http://www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin