John Edward Callahan
Military
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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 - 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
Killed in Action (KIA), went down in sea and one of two crewmembers unable to rescue
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- 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
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