Alben G Calmes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-25766.jpeg UPL 25766 Boxted Airfield Museum collection

from book 56th in world war two

Object Number - UPL 25766

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Reims. Hit by flak, engine failed, crashed near Westerburg in P-47D 42-28806 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10798.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Captain Townsend S. Parsons and Crew Chief Sergeant Carl C. Conner of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group at Boxted air base, late summer of 1944. They are standing on the wing of their P-47 Thunderbolt (LM-C, serial number 42-28806), named "Barbara Bee".

42-28806

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Barbara Bee
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

Boxted 19 September 1944 - 30 November 1944 Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Westerburg, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Reims. Hit by flak, engine failed, crashed near Westerburg in P-47D 42-28806 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10798.

Born

Elliott County, KY, USA Son of Mr S B and Mrs Bulah Calmes.
Evelyn, Kentucky 41311, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10798 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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