Severino B Calderon

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Object Number - UPL 15628 - Lt. Severino B Calderon proud of his art work.

Severino B Calderon, was born In San Antonio, Texas descendant of the Angel of the Alamo (Andrea Candelaria) enlisted in February 1943 at the age of 22. He named and flew P-47G SNAFU he was awarded the DFC and air medal with three clusters for combat service over Europe as an 8th Air Force Thunderbolt pilot.



In addition to flying escort for bomber formation he has damaged four German airplanes in strafing missions on enemy airdromes. As a 2nd Lieutenant he destroyed a German Stuka dive bomber, shared in the destruction of a Dornier 217 and damaged another Dornier in a recent strafing attack on a German airdrome. Under the command Col. Frederic C. Gray, 2nd Lt. Calderon was flying with his group on an escort mission when a member of the group spotted the planes parked on the ground. After being relieved by a Mustang group, the flight went back and attacked the airdrome.



Lt. Severino B Calderon died in an air show flying a P-51 Mustang on 17 July 1946 at the age of 25.



Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, Euro-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Medal

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: War Eagle Snafu
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

17 July 1946

Born

San Antonio, TX, USA

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography".

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Blanca E Calderon

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Amended spelling

Blanca is Calderon's Neice.

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Associated SNAFU

NB- eariler revision wrongly identified Blanca as Calderon's son, Blanca is his nephew.

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Transferred information added by Blanca from his profile to his father's page

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Transferred relevant information from duplicate record

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in Fry's book 'Eagles of Duxford', p135

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