Rollin Clinton Caler

Military

Assigned 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

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • 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

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82689109

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/4877572/

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list