Calder Lamar Wise

Military
media-32023.jpeg UPL 32023 "Lt. Wise and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 24-Oct-43."

Rear L-R: 1Lt Calder L Wise, 2Lt William C Fort Jr, 2Lt John P.D. Nothstein, 2Lt Charles W Spencer.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Grover C Mullins, S/Sgt James H Pleasant, S/Sgt Howard H Zeitner, S/Sgt Bernard J Sutton, T/Sgt James C Supple, S/Sgt John Gaspar Viszneki.

Object Number - UPL 32023 - "Lt. Wise and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 24-Oct-43." Rear L-R: 1Lt Calder L...

Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Diamond Express
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

League City, TX 29 January 1915 Son of James Edward and Myrtle Perkins Wise.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 26 May 1942

Died

Harris, TX 8 November 1989

Buried

Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX 15 November 1989 Forest Park East Cemetery Webster, Harris County, TX

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF.

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