John R Kalb
Military
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FRE 952
Technical Sergeant John R Kalb of the 303rd Bomb Group fixes a pressure gauge. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairsls Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 16 Dec 1942.' [stamp] and '238792.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Technical Serg John R Kalb, of 2251 Montrose Ave, Chicago was an engineer with Arthur Rubloff Co. before the war. He is still doing technical work, but he is doing it in England with the US Army Air Corps. Well protected from the English winter, John is seen here checking a pressure gauge. His mother Mrs Margaret Kalb, also of Montrose Ave, and his old school friends from Lake View High School will be pleased to hear that though he enjoys his job, he is "just waiting to get home".'
Roger Freeman Collection
Corrected Bomb Group to 306th Bomb Group.
John was in charge of the propellor,sheet metal and electrical shops for the 367th squadron. He was after the war a general agent for State Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Chicago. He died 22 July 1992.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia