Previous    |    Next   |   Search     


NATIONAL FLIGHT LOG   
CDR WILLIAM R. CHESTER, USN
CDR WILLIAM R. CHESTER, USN


CDR WILLIAM R. CHESTER, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 996

Service Date In: 08/01/1939 Date of Birth: 07/05/1921
Service Date Out: 08/01/1968
Aviation Designation Naval Aviator
State/College Attended Univ of New Mexico
City, State Squaw Valley,CA

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Legion of Merit

Theaters/Campaigns:
WWII/Pac/Korea

Aircraft:
S2F
AD4, 5
F2H-2
PBM-5
PB1W

Ship/Units/Deployments:
USS Colorado
USS Fiske
USS Yorktown

Associations/Service Organizations:
Navy League
Assn of Nav Aviation
Naval Academy Assn
Naval Institute

Significant Achievements:
Battleship "Sailor". Annapolis academy graduate. Line Officer, USN, Carrier day and night qualified, OOD underway destroyers 2,850 flight hrs/116 carrier lndgs

© Copyright 2013 by Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc.    Developed by Richards Consulting Group