Alvah H. Chapman
Commanding Officer, 614th Bombardment Squadron

Major Alvah H. Chapman flew 37 combat missions as a Lead Pilot and Air Commander. On one mission (20 February 1944, target - Leipzig) he zigzagged his B-17 "Battlin' Betty" back to Deenethorpe at tree-top level on two engines. Members of the crew later remarked that the trip home was like "touring Europe in a sightseeing bus."

After serving as Operations Officer of the 614th Squadron, he succeeded Colonel Garland as Squadron Commander in March, 1945.