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416th Bombardment Group (L) 1Lt. John Joseph Chalmers Pilot, O-533025 Prisoner Of War 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 4-Nov-1919, Brooklyn, New York
POW summary: Fail to Return Date: 14-Feb-1945 Captured: 14-Feb-1945 10:00, Near Remagen/Rhine POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Return Date: Before 31-May-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 20-Jul-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 13560 / (PDF) Died: 26-Oct-2013, Tavares, Lake County, Florida On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry |
Obituary
John J Chalmers, 93
Deaths in Central Florida
The Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Page B4, John J Chalmers Obituary, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/269802149/?terms=John%20Chalmers&match=1 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021) Orlando Sentinel, The (Florida), JOHN J. CHALMERS Obituary, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/14D0BE67C1661010-14D0BE67C1661010 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021) |
MACR 12346 Details Notes: A/C Last Sighted and was Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Description: Ten aircraft suffered battle damage. The eleventh aircraft, believed hit by flak, was last seen going down in flames in the vicinity of Heinersheim. One chute emerged. The crew of three included Lts J.J. Chalmers and L.W. Eckard, and S/Sgt K. Fortuner. (416th BG History 1945) See also Mission # 204 |
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