Chapman, Philip Godfrey, Maj

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 23rd Fighter Group

Service Years
1941 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town Waxahachie, Texas	Last Address Luliang Airfield, China
Casualty Date Mar 28, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location China	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Waxahachie City Cemetery - Waxahachie, Texas

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, World War II Fallen

1944-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 23rd Fighter Group

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year March / 1945
Unit 23rd Fighter Group Unit Page
Rank Major	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City Luliang Airfield	State/Country China

Patch	23rd Fighter Group Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Fighter Units	Strength Group
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 22, 2023

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

23rd Fighter Group

Shull, Rex Brundidge, 1st Lt, (1942-1944)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	[Other Service Rank]
Herbst, John Coleman, Lt Col, (1942-1946)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Lieutenant Colonel
McComas, Edward Otis, Col, (1940-1954)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Lieutenant Colonel
Older, Charles Herman, Lt Col, (1939-1945)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Lieutenant Colonel
Hill, David Lee, Brig Gen, (1941-1968)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Major
Lopez, Donald Sewell, Lt Col, (1942-1964)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
McGovern, James Bernard, Capt, (1942-1954)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Captain
Rector, Edward Franklin, Col, (1939-1962)	A23	AAF MOS 1065	Colonel
Holloway, Bruce Keener, Gen, (1937-1972)			Lieutenant Colonel
Moore, Harry Cecil, Capt, (1942-1951)			First Lieutenant
Traylor, Alwyn, Col, (1943-1973)			First Lieutenant
Traylor, Alwyn, Col, (1943-1973)			First Lieutenant