Norris K Calkins
MilitaryAssigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20433498 / O-791700
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Draggin lady
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ohio, USA | 31 July 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 17 March 1942 | |
Died |
Nth Sea off Haarlem, Netherlands | 17 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-May-43. MACR 15129. |
Buried |
Bergen, Netherlands | 8 June 1943 | Interred Bergen cemetery Having been washed ashore at Castricum on 6-Jun-43. |
Wayne County, Michigan | |||
Based |
Andrews Field | 17 May 1943 | Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery | ||
Buried |
IN-26, Hartford City, IN 47348, USA | Re-Interred Hartford City Cemetery Hartford City Blackford County Indiana, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 126, MACR 15129