Calvin Samson

Military

media-37513.jpeg UPL 37513 CPT Calvin Sampson
Pilot - Command Pilot
388th BG - 561st BS
Sampson flew two tours and a total of 40 combat missions, including the last 13 as a command pilot 388th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 37513 - CPT Calvin Sampson Pilot - Command Pilot 388th BG - 561st BS Sampson flew two tours and a total of 40 combat missions, including the last 13 as a...

Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

561st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Milton Carlton Casebere

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 388th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-767420
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Columbus Claggett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33061771
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Clifford T Fleming

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

James William Godwin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-752847
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Richard Harp Goodlette

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107061

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-30340

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

42-30778

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Old 66 / Lady Margaret
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-31707

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Jake's Jerks
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-31760

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Ikky Poo
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 963

Date: 21 April 1945

8th Air Force 927

Date: 4 April 1945

8th Air Force 926

Date: 4 April 1945

8th Air Force 912

Date: 24 March 1945

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

Date: 18 March 1945

Places

Knettishall

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Billings, Montana	22 October 1919
	Helena, Montana	1 July 1941
Enlisted	Fort Missoula, Montana	21 July 1941
Other 1st 388th BG Combat Tour	Knettishall Airfield, UK	20 February 1944 - 14 August 1944
Other 2nd 388th BG Combat Tour	Knettishall Airfield, UK	1 March 1944 - 21 April 1945
Died	Fairfield, Arizona	8 December 2014
Buried	Sacramento, California	15 December 2014	Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon, Solano County, California, USA Plot Section 7, Site 1562