Calvin Samson
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
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Charles Columbus Claggett
Military
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Calvin Sampson Crew 388th BG - 561st BS Standing Left to Right: Omer D. Wildman (WG), Clavin Samson (P), Charles C. Claggett (TG), Pal L. Sundberg (BTG). Unidentified, Unidentified, Milton C. Casebere (N) One of the two unidentified is Oscar D. Hanan (WG)
Service
People
Units served with
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388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
561st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30778 Old 66/Lady Margaret
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Gore 6/8/43; Pendleton 12/8/43; Reno 14/8/43; Pierre 16/8/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; crashed on take off for France 13/8/44 with Leon Sutton, Co-pilot: Harlan Thompson, Navigator: George Healy, Bombardier:... -
42-97289
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/2/44; Rapid City 5/3/44; Dow Fd 14/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 22/4/44; no ops, transferred 561BS/388BG [ -Q] Knettishall 28/4/44; (18m) on return from Merseburg 29/7/44 with Gene Peterson, Co-pilot: Victor Locke, Navigator:... -
42-97760
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/2/44; 1SAG Langley 12/3/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 31/5/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 11/1/46.
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Clarksburg, West Virginia | 25 January 1919 |
| Enlisted | Baltimore, Maryland | 16 May 1941 |
| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall Airfield, UK | 29 February 1944 – 14 August 1944 |
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Completed 25 mission tour |
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| Died | Richmond, Virginia | 6 June 2004 |
| Buried | Baltimore, Maryland | 10 June 2004 |
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Loudon Park Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 February 2019 01:53:50 | 466thHistorian | Changes to surname, middlename, nickname, service number, events, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=3048348... https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=73367747... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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