Calvin Tellman Brend
MilitaryHe reported to the ETO on 16 Oct 1943. Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to the JU88 plant at Bernburg, GR and crashed near Siegen, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39945. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW, AM 2OLC,
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Holy Hellcat
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 February 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Norwich, Connecticut, USA | 2 February 1924 | |
Died |
22 February 1991 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Siegen, Germany | 22 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Hillside Cemetery, 1401 Woodland Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ 07060, USA |
Revisions
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #230 for 22 Feb 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry.com
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 2649, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Combat Crews pg. 112, First Over Germany pg. 179 & 219 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2649 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database