Snyder, Chester Paul

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Snyder, Chester Paul ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private First Class / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	32383172 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron January 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 24 January 1943.
Duty	Non-flying duty / Flexible Gunner
MOS	912 - Electrician, Automotive
Last Duty Date	1 December 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Épinal American Cemetery, Épinal, France: Plot A Row 34 Grave 14
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1918 Originally classified as and automotive technician, apparently volunteered for combat duty and became a gunner. Promoted to Corporal effective 1 May 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 May 1943. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #90 dated 5 September 1943. Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders # 127 dated 24 October 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1334⇓ (56.829 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	41‑24557⇗	Combat Mission Credit Dropped 7,200 Code #4s 'nickles' over target. Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Ball Turret	41‑24557⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
39⇗	1 December 1943	Target: Non-Ferrous Metals Plant Type: Industry Location: Solingen, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	41‑24557⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed SE of Ostend, Belgium, near Snellegem. Sortie Report⇗

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