Donald Patrick McCall
MilitaryAssigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed landed at Ash, Kent on return from operations on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17 42-31021 'Whirlaway'. RTD.
Damaged by flak near the target at Wernigerode, GR and then shot down by fighters on the return and crashed near Afferden, Holland on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-31510 'Paperdoll'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: SS, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39837189
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Johnstown, Pennsylvania | 31 August 1919 | Son of Edward T McCall. |
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Enlisted |
29 April 1943 | ||
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Other Prisoner of war (POW) |
22 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
8 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
2 February 1976 | ||
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Based |
Kimbolton | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
Added connectionx to A/C # 42-31510 & A/C # 42-31510 mentioned in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2875, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; 379th Bombardment Anthology, Part 2, pg 167