| Name | William W CHAPMAN | Rank | S/Sgt |
| Number | 31170982 | Date of Birth/Age | 1917 |
| Unit | 388 Bomb Group, 563 Bomb Squadron, USAAF | ||
| Aircraft |
B-17F-90-BO 42-30222 'Lone Wolf' |
Crew position | Tail Gunner |
| Based at | Knettishall, Suffolk, England | ||
| Target | Stuttgart, Germany | Failed to return | 6 September 1943 |
| Escape Networks | Possum | Capture | ? |
| Liberated | Stalag XVIIB, Gneixendorf, Austria | References | NARA:RG498/290/55/27/2
Box 58 - Awards' file - Bulart Email from Edouard Renière |
Last updated on
10 June, 2009
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NARA:RAMP/???
Members of crew
| Pilot | 0-794671 |
1st Lt Alfred KRAMER | NARA:E&E/128 |
| Co-pilot | 0-675646 |
2nd Lt Arthur M SWAP | NARA:E&E/127 |
| Navigator | 0-673469 |
2nd Lt Richard G BOWMAN | MIA |
| Bombardier | 0-669984 |
2nd Lt L BURNETT | MIA |
| Radio operator | 36246275 |
T/Sgt Allen J PRIEBE | NARA:E&E/295 |
| Top turret gunner | 15103580 |
T/Sgt Merl E MARTIN | NARA:E&E/294 |
| Ball turret gunner | 15062855 |
S/Sgt Joseph M THOMAS | MIA |
| Waist gunner | 33269194 |
S/Sgt William H VICKLESS | NARA:E&E/129 |
| Waist gunner | 38221108 |
S/Sgt Walter R SOUKUP | NARA:E&E/302 |
| Tail gunner | 31170982 |
S/Sgt William W CHAPMAN | Narrator |
Bill Chapman's aircraft crashed near Troyes, France. He sheltered in a safe house in Reims sometime between September and December 1943. Chapman was subsequently arrested & ended up in Stalag XVIIB.
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