Donald V. Chubb ID: O-815837 Entered the Service From: Pennsylvania Rank: Second Lieutenant Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group, Heavy Died: Monday, May 8, 1944 Memorialized at: Normandy American Cemetery

Location: Colleville-sur-Mer, France Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Fifth child, third son born to Harry N.C. and Ethel A Chubb, 79 West Court St., Doylestown, PA. Attended Doylestown schools. Brothers and sisters: Harold M.C. Chubb, Mary E. Chubb (Nurse in Army Nurse Corp, died tragically in plane crash in England June 14th, 1944), Anna V. Chubb, Herbert H. Chubb, Martha F. Chubb, and Sarah A. Chubb. Joined Army Air Corp 1943, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, and trained to fly Boeing B-17 bombers. Service number O-815837. After receiving his wings, assigned to the Eighth Air Force, 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron, Station 106, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England on 12 Apr 1944 as a copilot. On his third mission to bomb the Launch Site Sottevaster, France, their B-17, serial number 42-97081 (BK-K), was hit by flak as it was returning to its base in England. The crew was ordered to bail out at 13,000 feet by pilot James Wesley Brown, and two did. The plane crashed off the coast of France in the English Channel, killing the remaining eight crewman onboard. See MACR 4812 for complete details. No bodies were recovered, and 2nd LT Chubb's name is listed on the Tablet Of The Missing at the Normandy American Military Cemetery at Coleville Sur Mer, France. Military Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart.

Placed to honor the Men of Doylestown, Bucks County, PA who lost their lives during WWII

Barbara (Ennis) Connolly Princessbarbi_B25@msn.com WWII Historical Researcher and (MY DAD) Edward C Ennis, 1914-2005 from Doylestown, PA. Barb-Lin Floor Coverings, Cross Keys, Doylestown, PA. I am the Historian for 319th and 321st Bomb Groups in the 57th Bomb Wing. T/Sgt Ed Ennis flew Combat as Airborne RADAR/ Radio/Aerial Gunner in the B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber /MTO N. Africa and Italy 1943-44. "Barbi" lives in Arizona.

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