Robert E Callaghan
MilitaryAssigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x confirmed destroyed. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Secretary of 55th FG and 442nd ASG Association 1987 - 1993.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Joe Margie May
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cuyahoga County, OH, USA | 2 October 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215, USA | 13 November 1941 | Fort Hayes Columbus, OH |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK | 25 August 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Olmsted Falls, OH 44138, USA | 5 June 2000 | |
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Buried |
Sunset Memorial Park, 6265 Columbia Rd, North Olmsted, OH 44070, USA | Sunset Memorial Park North Olmsted Cuyahoga County Ohio, USA | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Based |
Wormingford | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
| Cleveland, OH, 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 / newspaper obituary