Calvin G Garrison
Military
Object Number - UPL 7206 - Calvin Garrison, Radio Operator, POW, 306th Bomb Group
Calvin G. Garrison, B-17 Radio Operator, United States Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, 306th Bomb Group, 368th Bomb Squadron,
based at Bedford, England. First mission: November 1943. Shot down in the area of the France-Belgium border: February, 1944. Purple heart, Ex-POW.
Calvin wrote a well written, unpublished, 92 page account, in his own hand (written Oct. 1945) shortly after his liberation describing his time in service, including his time as a POW.
For further information see his 8th AFHS-MN webpage at
https://sites.google.com/site/8thafhsmn/pictures/calvin-garrison-b-17-r…
He flew on James R. Coleman crew. Reported to group on 18 Nov 1943.
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Charleville, FR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31245. POW at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pome
POW, AM OLC,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
St Paul, Minnesota, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 25 February 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2768 / MACR 2768, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 221, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
