Meredith Mendenhall Calvert
MilitaryAssigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. First mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Stettin mission in B-17 42-37931 'Bertie Lee'. Severely combat damaged on Stettin mission, flak hits set plane ablaze, crew ordered to bail out, 11-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3818
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Became a Reverend.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16003137 / O-37224
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bertie Lee
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Reading, PA | 15 June 1918 | Son of William Henry and May Mendenhall [Meredith] Calvert. |
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Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA | 12 July 1941 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
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Other Bailed out |
Brunswick, Germany | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Stettin mission in B-17 42-37931 'Bertie Lee'. Severely combat damaged on Stettin mission, flak hits set plane ablaze, crew ordered to bail out, 11-Apr-44. POW. MACR 3818 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Kennett Square, PA | 5 March 2009 | |
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Based |
Chelveston | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Corrected a typo in the "Bailed out" event.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia