Lawrence B Kallal
Military ROLL OF HONOURTook part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-24234.
Killed in Action (KIA). 1 October 1943 shot down by fighters in B-24D 42-72877 while on detachment to the 9th AF. Crew bailed out over Austria with 4 Killed in Action (KIA) and 6 Prisoner of War (POW)s. BAD Voeslau Cemetery, Austria
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
1 October 1943 | ||
Born |
Jerseyville, Illinois | ||
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Dugan & Stewart 'Ploesti', MACR 9022, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol I p. 299, by Bishop and Hey, 44th Bomb Group Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p.125-6