George L Calandros
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Recke-Langenakker on a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-37971. The crew that survived the attack baled out before the a/c broke up in the air. Prisoner of War (POW). Honorably discharged 28 October 1945.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32460387
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698380
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11024424 at enlistment, then O-795518
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670308
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA | 21 November 1921 | |
Enlisted |
29 July 1942 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Other Bailed out |
10 February 1944 | of B-17 42-37971, over Germany | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 February 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 1 June 1945." | |
Died |
31 January 2003 | Canton, Ohio | |
Baltimore, Maryland |
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Cards
NARA WWII POW records
Grandson George
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2526 / MACR 2526, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database