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| Pilot Chet Freeman |
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1004 Highland Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 |
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: George and Edith; Children Gerald, Mary |
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| Hometown: |
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Albany, NY |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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April, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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O-18891 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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468th |
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792nd |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian (May, 1945) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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21 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Targets: |
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Nagoya, Kobe, Sendai, Aomori, Yokohama, others |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Army Aviation Pilot Program |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1093-Pilot B-29 VHB |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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1st Lt. |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-93877 Snooky's Brats |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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January, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Professor -- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY -- Taught Communications; Flying Instructor, part-time.
Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. Cornell University awards the Chester H. Freeman Communication Leadership Award in his honor to an undergraduate student each year.
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| An exciting experience but I do not want to do it again. |
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See pages 24 and 25 of a booklet I left at the dedication, "Superfortress Over Japan" by Delano, Ostman, (A copy of this booklet is on file in the 58th Bomb Wing Memorial office.)
Chester Freeman died on 29 September 2008 in Ithaca, NY.
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| Chet Freeman with a model of "Snooky's Brats" |
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