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Personal info

Full name
CHOTT, Ambrose A
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Howard County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
17035421
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
410th Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 May 1943
Place of death
Near Dinard, Rennes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 17 31

Immediate family

Members
Albert F. Chott (father)
Mary Chott (mother)
Bernard Chott (brother)
Norman Chott (brother)
Marcellus Chott (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29692
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Man O War
Destination: Rennes
Mission: Bombing of maritime warehouses

More information

T/Sgt Ambrose A. Chott enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 13 January 1942

The plane was shot down by enemy airplane and crashed near Dinard, Rennes, France, 9 KIA and 1 POW

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

He is remembered on a monument at the church square of Mont-Dol, France

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.8thafhs.com

Photo source: www.aerosteles.net – Cedric Sauteraud