James F Callahan

Military

James Callahan served with the 4th Fighter Group from May 1944 - September 1944. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 10 June 1944. Callahan took part in in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia Shuttle mission, but crash landed on the beach at Sampieri, Sicily. He had ran out of fuel due to overshooting the airfield at Lucera, Italy. He was brought back by an ATC transport.

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Units served with

Aircraft

43-7193

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

44-13732

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Pennsylvania, USA

Promoted

Inkerman, PA 18640, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html