James George Chressanthis

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13856

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

652nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Calman Trevor Estrach

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 18th Weather Squadron 652nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11096666 / O-828127
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-8601

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 652nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Cambridge American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Bellows Falls, VT	13 January 1921	Son of George Chressanthis.
Enlisted	Albany, NY	17 July 1943	Albany, New York
Died	West of St. Eval	17 March 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) Atlantic weather mission 17-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8601; Allah weather flight disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. Believed to have ditched west of St. Eval due to mechanical failure. KIA MACR 13856
Buried			Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK
Buried	Elmwood Hill Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY		Memorialised Elmwood Hill Cemetery Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Based	Watton	17 March 1945	Assigned 652BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Date13 May 2020 19:35:53

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:10

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Combat Chronology; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia