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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People

Oscar Doyle Hanan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Paul L Sundberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Omer Donald Wildman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-32030

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Luck
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

42-97666

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

42-97760

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

44-6894

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

841

  • Date: 22 February 1945
  • Official Description:

833

  • Date: 16 February 1945

821

  • Date: 6 February 1945
Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

791

  • Date: 13 January 1945

Places

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

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