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Personal info

Full name
BOULTER, Roland Chapman "Chappy"
Date of birth
3 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-698649
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
786th Bombardment Squadron,
466th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1944
Place of death
On the road from Bruchhagen to Niendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 2 57

Immediate family

Members
Curtis L. Boulter (father)
Mary (Mc Donald) Boulter (mother)
Curtis V. Boulter (half-brother)
Nelson S. Boulter (half-brother)
Olive M. Boulter (half-sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52610
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: The Madam
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Objective Bombing
MACR: 3847

More information

The airplane was attacked by a fighter and was on fire. Five of the crewmembers bailed out before it exploded in mid-air. The Germans on the ground said they found a body with one hand blown off (Albert W. English) and two other bodies in the wreckage (Kenneth R. Kessenger and Roland C. Boulter). All 3 crewmembers were buried on 9 April 1944 on the cemetery of community Noeltringhausen. Also two other crewmembers were buried there but could not be identified.

His pictures were taken in high school in 1939.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Walpole High School Yearbook 1939