Rollin Clinton Caler
MilitaryAssigned to HQ Sqn, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.
Suspended from Flying Duty. Transferred to 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Iola, KS | 24 April 1918 | Son of Harry M and Edith Pearl [Holeman] Wittich. |
Other Suspended from Flying Duty |
18 June 1944 | ||
Based |
Wormingford | 18 June 1944 - 11 August 1944 | Transferred to 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Boulder City, NV | 16 March 2011 | |
Buried |
Boulder City Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, NV | 19 March 2011 | Boulder City Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada |
Based |
Fowlmere | Assigned to HQ Sqn, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Humboldt, KS 66748, USA | |||
Based |
Fowlmere | 18 June 1944 | Transferred to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorLucy May
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/4877572/