John MacCallum
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pyote Air Base, Texas - September 1943
Front Row (L-R)
1 John Daly, Pilot
2 Robert Koerber, Copilot
3 William Evans, Navigator
4 Joseph Jennings, Bombardier
Back Row (L-R) - Gunners
1 Omer "Lyle" Young
2 Frank Hearne
3 John MacCallum
4 Adriel "Wayne" Langendoerfer
5 Howard Polizzo
6 Harvey Tuber
This ten-man crew earned the Air Medal on their second mission -- Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, where they bombed a Messerschmidt airplane factory.
edited to correct proper spelling of Pyote and generated link to it in "places".
Object Number - UPL 31618 - DALY'S CREW Pyote Air Base, Texas - September 1943 Front Row (L-R) 1 John Daly, Pilot 2 Robert Koerber, Copilot 3 William Evans, Navigator 4...
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions.
Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau Germany mission 11-Apr-44 'Tenny Belle' exploded in mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37406828
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31313795
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Armorer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner / Togglier / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36329211
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
![Master Sergeant James L. Smith a crew chief of the 379th Bomb Group inspects the propellor of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Patches" which was blown off by flak and became embedded in the wing, 8 May 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '8/5/44.' Printed caption removed from reverse. Censor no: 319496. On reverse: Associated Press and US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413487.jpg.webp?itok=YJBBrTF7)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just So, Patches
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 20 March 1944
- Date: 19 March 1944
- Date: 18 March 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
East Hampton, NY 11937, USA | 31 December 1917 | |
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Other Training |
Pyote Army Airfield | 23 September 1943 - 8 December 1943 | B-17 Flying Fortress crew training |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 20 February 1944 - 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Barroway Drove, Downham Market PE38 0AJ, UK | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau Germany mission 11-Apr-44 'Tenny Belle' exploded in mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 12 April 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Plot C Row 3 Grave 15 |
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Other Training |
Snettisham | 19 February 1944 | Intensive gunnery training |
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Other Training |
Alexandria Army Air Base | B-17 aircrew training | |
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Enlisted |
New Haven County, CT | Entered service from New Haven County, CT. |
Revisions
Bibliography: [Betz, Frank L. and Kenneth H. Cassens editors]. 379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, Volume One: November 1942-July 1945. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2000, p. 302.
Combat Chronology; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 300 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia