2nd Lieutenant Chaffin was the co-pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24600, nicknamed "Adam's Eve." Killed In Action when rammed by enemy Ki-61 fighter while on mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, and crashed in Kugayama, Suginami-Ku Japan, with the loss of all 11 crew. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron. (From research provided by Tim Cook).
From the Athens Review, April 25, 1946:
Lieut. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. George N. Chaffin of Poynor, has been officially declared dead by the War Department. He was co-pilot of a B-29, which was shot down over Tokyo on April 7, 1945. No parachutes were observed.
Published in the Athens Review August 25, 1949
The body of Lt. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, who was killed in action over Tokyo on April 7, 1945, has been returned to San Francisco from Yokohama, his father said Monday.
His body is expected to arrive here for re-burial within from two to three weeks. Arrangements are being made for a military funeral. The Gragard-Spraggins-Swafford Funeral Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements.
Lt. Chaffin was co-pilot of a B-29 which was shot down over Tokyo. He was a graduate of LaPoynor High School with the class of 1938.
Published in the Athens Review September 22, 1949
Lt. George Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, was buried Monday with military honors at the cemetery in that city. Rev. W.E. Everhart officiated. Pallbearers were members of the Brady Shelton American Legion Post of Athens: Guy Smith, Joe Tom Miller, Elmo Holmes, Porter Stover, James C. Spencer and Kenneth Gibbs. Hamp Manning blew "Taps." Members of the local Texas National Guard unit formed the honor guard.
Born February 2, 1921 in Mt. Calm, Texas, he graduated from LaPoynor High School in 1938. At the time of his enlistment in the Army, he was working at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica, California. Lt. Chaffin started his training in the Air Force during March, 1943 in California and was transferred from there to Oregon.
After receiving his wings as a pilot of B-24's in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was sent to Clovis, New Mexico for training as co-pilot of B-29's.
The crew, of which he was co-pilot, left their station in the Mariana Islands in February of 1945 and flew several missions to Japan before being shot down over Tokyo. No parachutes were observed when the plane he was in fell.
His brother, Lieutenant Billy Chaffin, was pilot of a B-24 and was killed in a crash in Colorado just before he and his crew were ready to go overseas.
Lt. Chaffin is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. P.F. Fuselier of Pasadena, California and Mrs. Mary Wingate of college Station, Texas.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was twelve years of age.
For a list of the other crewmen who were killed along with George Chaffin, please see MEMORIAL ID 3300417.
Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) • [email protected]
From the Athens Review, April 25, 1946:
Lieut. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. George N. Chaffin of Poynor, has been officially declared dead by the War Department. He was co-pilot of a B-29, which was shot down over Tokyo on April 7, 1945. No parachutes were observed.
Published in the Athens Review August 25, 1949
The body of Lt. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, who was killed in action over Tokyo on April 7, 1945, has been returned to San Francisco from Yokohama, his father said Monday.
His body is expected to arrive here for re-burial within from two to three weeks. Arrangements are being made for a military funeral. The Gragard-Spraggins-Swafford Funeral Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements.
Lt. Chaffin was co-pilot of a B-29 which was shot down over Tokyo. He was a graduate of LaPoynor High School with the class of 1938.
Published in the Athens Review September 22, 1949
Lt. George Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, was buried Monday with military honors at the cemetery in that city. Rev. W.E. Everhart officiated. Pallbearers were members of the Brady Shelton American Legion Post of Athens: Guy Smith, Joe Tom Miller, Elmo Holmes, Porter Stover, James C. Spencer and Kenneth Gibbs. Hamp Manning blew "Taps." Members of the local Texas National Guard unit formed the honor guard.
Born February 2, 1921 in Mt. Calm, Texas, he graduated from LaPoynor High School in 1938. At the time of his enlistment in the Army, he was working at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica, California. Lt. Chaffin started his training in the Air Force during March, 1943 in California and was transferred from there to Oregon.
After receiving his wings as a pilot of B-24's in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was sent to Clovis, New Mexico for training as co-pilot of B-29's.
The crew, of which he was co-pilot, left their station in the Mariana Islands in February of 1945 and flew several missions to Japan before being shot down over Tokyo. No parachutes were observed when the plane he was in fell.
His brother, Lieutenant Billy Chaffin, was pilot of a B-24 and was killed in a crash in Colorado just before he and his crew were ready to go overseas.
Lt. Chaffin is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. P.F. Fuselier of Pasadena, California and Mrs. Mary Wingate of college Station, Texas.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was twelve years of age.
For a list of the other crewmen who were killed along with George Chaffin, please see MEMORIAL ID 3300417.
Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) • [email protected]
2nd Lieutenant Chaffin was the co-pilot of U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24600, nicknamed "Adam's Eve." Killed In Action when rammed by enemy Ki-61 fighter while on mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, and crashed in Kugayama, Suginami-Ku Japan, with the loss of all 11 crew. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron. (From research provided by Tim Cook).
From the Athens Review, April 25, 1946:
Lieut. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. George N. Chaffin of Poynor, has been officially declared dead by the War Department. He was co-pilot of a B-29, which was shot down over Tokyo on April 7, 1945. No parachutes were observed.
Published in the Athens Review August 25, 1949
The body of Lt. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, who was killed in action over Tokyo on April 7, 1945, has been returned to San Francisco from Yokohama, his father said Monday.
His body is expected to arrive here for re-burial within from two to three weeks. Arrangements are being made for a military funeral. The Gragard-Spraggins-Swafford Funeral Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements.
Lt. Chaffin was co-pilot of a B-29 which was shot down over Tokyo. He was a graduate of LaPoynor High School with the class of 1938.
Published in the Athens Review September 22, 1949
Lt. George Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, was buried Monday with military honors at the cemetery in that city. Rev. W.E. Everhart officiated. Pallbearers were members of the Brady Shelton American Legion Post of Athens: Guy Smith, Joe Tom Miller, Elmo Holmes, Porter Stover, James C. Spencer and Kenneth Gibbs. Hamp Manning blew "Taps." Members of the local Texas National Guard unit formed the honor guard.
Born February 2, 1921 in Mt. Calm, Texas, he graduated from LaPoynor High School in 1938. At the time of his enlistment in the Army, he was working at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica, California. Lt. Chaffin started his training in the Air Force during March, 1943 in California and was transferred from there to Oregon.
After receiving his wings as a pilot of B-24's in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was sent to Clovis, New Mexico for training as co-pilot of B-29's.
The crew, of which he was co-pilot, left their station in the Mariana Islands in February of 1945 and flew several missions to Japan before being shot down over Tokyo. No parachutes were observed when the plane he was in fell.
His brother, Lieutenant Billy Chaffin, was pilot of a B-24 and was killed in a crash in Colorado just before he and his crew were ready to go overseas.
Lt. Chaffin is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. P.F. Fuselier of Pasadena, California and Mrs. Mary Wingate of college Station, Texas.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was twelve years of age.
For a list of the other crewmen who were killed along with George Chaffin, please see MEMORIAL ID 3300417.
Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) • [email protected]
From the Athens Review, April 25, 1946:
Lieut. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. George N. Chaffin of Poynor, has been officially declared dead by the War Department. He was co-pilot of a B-29, which was shot down over Tokyo on April 7, 1945. No parachutes were observed.
Published in the Athens Review August 25, 1949
The body of Lt. George N. Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, who was killed in action over Tokyo on April 7, 1945, has been returned to San Francisco from Yokohama, his father said Monday.
His body is expected to arrive here for re-burial within from two to three weeks. Arrangements are being made for a military funeral. The Gragard-Spraggins-Swafford Funeral Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements.
Lt. Chaffin was co-pilot of a B-29 which was shot down over Tokyo. He was a graduate of LaPoynor High School with the class of 1938.
Published in the Athens Review September 22, 1949
Lt. George Chaffin Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Chaffin Sr. of Poynor, was buried Monday with military honors at the cemetery in that city. Rev. W.E. Everhart officiated. Pallbearers were members of the Brady Shelton American Legion Post of Athens: Guy Smith, Joe Tom Miller, Elmo Holmes, Porter Stover, James C. Spencer and Kenneth Gibbs. Hamp Manning blew "Taps." Members of the local Texas National Guard unit formed the honor guard.
Born February 2, 1921 in Mt. Calm, Texas, he graduated from LaPoynor High School in 1938. At the time of his enlistment in the Army, he was working at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Santa Monica, California. Lt. Chaffin started his training in the Air Force during March, 1943 in California and was transferred from there to Oregon.
After receiving his wings as a pilot of B-24's in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was sent to Clovis, New Mexico for training as co-pilot of B-29's.
The crew, of which he was co-pilot, left their station in the Mariana Islands in February of 1945 and flew several missions to Japan before being shot down over Tokyo. No parachutes were observed when the plane he was in fell.
His brother, Lieutenant Billy Chaffin, was pilot of a B-24 and was killed in a crash in Colorado just before he and his crew were ready to go overseas.
Lt. Chaffin is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. P.F. Fuselier of Pasadena, California and Mrs. Mary Wingate of college Station, Texas.
He had been a member of the Baptist Church since he was twelve years of age.
For a list of the other crewmen who were killed along with George Chaffin, please see MEMORIAL ID 3300417.
Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) • [email protected]
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