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name
CHAPMAN, Gaylon M - Date of
birth
11 August 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Texas -
Hometown
Hopkins County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18128018 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
569th Bombardment Squadron,
390th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
30 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Zeitz, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Trashley L. Chapman (father)
Nora G.V. (James) Chapman (mother)
Clarence D. Chapman (brother)
Nelda L. Chapman (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38456 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 11135
More information
The airplane was hit by flak, caught fire and went into a spin and exploded.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com Rinks-Hale Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch - Newspaper