Calvin Samson
Military
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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
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
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
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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: 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33061771
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-752847
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old 66 / Lady Margaret
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jake's Jerks
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ikky Poo
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 561st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 18 March 1945
Places
- 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 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html