CHASE, Benjamin B
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CHASE, Benjamin B
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| Servicenumber: |
O-797470 |
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| Age: |
Not available |
| Born: |
Not available |
| Hometown: |
Duval County, Florida |
| Family: |
Evelyn B. Chase (Wife) |
| Rank: |
Second Lieutenant |
| Function: |
Pilot |
| Regiment: |
- |
| Battalion: |
- |
| Division – Transport: |
- |
| Company – Squadron: |
512th Bomber Squadron |
| Unit – Group: |
376th Bomber Group, Heavy |
Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) |
Serialnumber: 42-100255
Type: B-24J
Destination: Steyr, Austria
Mission: High Altitude
MACR: 2584 |
| Date of death: |
23 February 1944 |
| Status: |
KIA |
| Place of death: |
St. Valentin, Austria |
| Spot: |
Not available |
| Awards: |
Purple Heart |
| Gravenumber: |
Plot A, Row 38, Grave 4 |
| Cemetery: |
American War Cemetery Ardennes |
| Biography: |
- |
| Other information: |
Their plane was shot down by fighters during Mission 216 to Steyr, Austria. The plane crashed at St. Valentin, Austria. The crew was originally a part of the Pomoroy Provisional Group. The Pomoroy Provisional Group had 490 crew members that served as replacement crews for various Bomb Groups in the 15th Air Force.
The following is a statement of Lt David C. Burton on plane number 24. Mission dated: February 23, 1944.
My waist gunner, Sgt Harold Furney, sighted a plane pull out of formation and was smoking. It went so far and nosed over in a vertical dive. Three chutes appeared to open and one was on fire. The co-pilot saw the same ship. It is believed to be Lt Chase and crew on Plane #33. |
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten
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