Last Name:   
Chaney
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First Name: 
Charles
Nickname:  
Charlie
Born/Died  
9/24/1907 - 10/8/1974
Hometown:
near Huntington, WV
Squadron:
Second Squadron Panda Bears
Position: 
Crew Chief
Decorations:

Pre AVG: Coal miner in West Virginia.  Aviation Machinist Mate, US Navy. 
AVG Service: Crew Chief.  Contracted Malaria.  Said he went through enemy lines to recover needed equipment.
Post AVG, WWII: Went back into the US Navy and was stationed in the Pensacola, FL, area.  Was Safety Chief at Baron Field, Pensacola Fl (Bloody Baron).  Chief in charge of night flying at Whiting Field, FL.
Was training commandos at El Centro, CA for the invation of Japan when the war ended.
Post War Career: Stationed on Guam immediately following WWII.
Ran Hobby Shops in San Diego & Oakland, CA, and Whiting Field, FL.
Instructor at Millington, TN.
Retired in 1953:  Sold cars in San Diego, CA before moving to Mountain Home, AR, to farm, fish and hunt.