Calvin Brooks Vance III
Military
Frank Vance, son
Object Number - UPL 56446 - Calvin Brooks Vance
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 42-31427. Plane crashed into Baltic. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4010
In January 1945 Calvin was moved to Moosburg via Spermberg and Nurnberg sometimes on foot and otherwise jammed into cattle cars. They were freed by Patton's 12th Division in April.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13084838
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36529312
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15382845
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082208 / O-746556
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39272490
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Panola County, MS | 29 February 1920 | Son of Calvin B Jr and Liliian [Hudson] Vance. |
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Enlisted |
Jackson AAF, MS | 31 March 1942 | Jackson AAF, Mississippi |
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Other Ditched POW |
Off Bornholm Island | 11 April 1944 | Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 42-31427. Plane crashed into Baltic. POW. MACR 4010 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Batesville, MS | 30 May 1996 | |
|
Based |
Chelveston | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Magnolia Cemetery Batesville, Panola County, MS | Magnolia Cemetery Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi |
Revisions
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14764902/calvin-brooks-vance
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4010
