Calvin Edward Yeager

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4587



Award: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'

42-31662

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

329

  • Date: 30 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cincinnati, OH 2 February 1924 Son of Peter Eugene and Veronica A [Hartman] Yeager.

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH, USA 1 February 1943 Cincinnati, Ohio

Died

Hohnebostel, Germany 7 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak KIA MACR 4587

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 11 Grave 10

Based

Deenethorpe 7 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361743/calvin-edward-yeager

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1259

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763028
https://www.fold3.com/image/680719822
https://www.fold3.com/record/89119401/calvin-e-yeager-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529859195/calvin-e-yeager-american-battle-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361743/calvin-edward-yeager

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Also NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=3&cat=all&tf…

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1259