Severino B Calderon
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Severino B Calderon, was born In San Antonio, Texas descendant of the Angel of the Alamo (Andrea Candelaria) enlisted in February 1943 at the age of 22. He named and flew P-47G SNAFU he was awarded the DFC and air medal with three clusters for combat service over Europe as an 8th Air Force Thunderbolt pilot.
In addition to flying escort for bomber formation he has damaged four German airplanes in strafing missions on enemy airdromes. As a 2nd Lieutenant he destroyed a German Stuka dive bomber, shared in the destruction of a Dornier 217 and damaged another Dornier in a recent strafing attack on a German airdrome. Under the command Col. Frederic C. Gray, 2nd Lt. Calderon was flying with his group on an escort mission when a member of the group spotted the planes parked on the ground. After being relieved by a Mustang group, the flight went back and attacked the airdrome.
Lt. Severino B Calderon died in an air show flying a P-51 Mustang on 17 July 1946 at the age of 25.
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, Euro-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Medal
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: War Eagle Snafu
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
17 July 1946 | ||
Born |
San Antonio, TX, USA |
Revisions
Associated SNAFU
NB- eariler revision wrongly identified Blanca as Calderon's son, Blanca is his nephew.
Transferred information added by Blanca from his profile to his father's page
Transferred relevant information from duplicate record
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in Fry's book 'Eagles of Duxford', p135