John Edward Callahan

Military
media-36265.jpeg UPL 36265 Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew
466th BG - 787th BS

Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: John Callahan (R/O), Ewing Burdette (WG), Doug Daugherty (BTG), Fernando Augusto (TG), Robert J. Weber (FE), Roy E. Morris (WG)

Not in photo: Richard Van Munster (CP), Charles Parrett (B) 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 36265 - Crew #746 - Harry L. Crouse Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Mike Gogol (N), Harry L. Crouse (P) Kneeling Left to Right: ...

Killed in Action (KIA), went down in sea and one of two crewmembers unable to rescue

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Our Baby
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 12 August 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

English Channel approx 40 miles west of The Hague 12 August 1944 Lost after successfully escaping his aircraft with the rest of his crew after it was ditched in the English Channel about 40 miles west of The Hague. The life rafts did not automatically deploy. Finally five of the crew were able to inflate one raft and set off after the other 5 members who were in the water. After a group of three were rescued they were unable to again locate Callahan and the Co-Pilot Richard Van Muster. Both presumed lost to drowning/hypothermia

Born

Michigan

Buried

No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG Archives

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough
page 105

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Chronology p. 298 and niece / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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