Lloyd Orville Calcut
MilitaryCrew member 42-40610, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya.
Later on 9 Oct 43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned.
Also shot down at Misburg, Germany on 4th Nov 44 in B-24J 42-109815 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10359.
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Loukine, Michigan, USA | 6 June 1922 | Son of Fred Edward and Eva Mary [Arbuckle] Calcut. |
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Enlisted |
Traverse City, MI | 9 June 1942 | Traverse City, Michigan |
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Other Survived Ploesti |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, returning safely to Libya. |
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Other Interned (INT) |
291 76 Rinkaby, Sweden | 9 October 1943 | 9 Oct 43 on mission to bomb Danzig U-Boat production in B-24 42-40610 'Satan's Sister' A/C took flak hits, lost engine on return, diverting to Sweden. A/C Belly landed in Rinkaby airfield, Sweden. Interned. |
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Other Baled out POW |
30629 Misburg, Germany | 4 November 1944 | Shot down at Misburg, Germany on 4th Nov 44 in B-24J 42-109815 POW. MACR 10359. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 4 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
7 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Herron, MI 49744, USA | 13 July 1996 | |
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Buried |
Wilson Township Cemetery Alpena, Alpena County MI | 16 July 1996 | Wilson Township Cemetery Alpena, Alpena County Michigan, USA. |
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Based Assigned |
Benina | Assigned 409BS, 93BG, 8AF. TDY 9AF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10359 / MACR 830 / MACR 830 MACR 10359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database