Calder Lamar Wise
Military
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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.
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.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BS, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
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
- Site type: Airfield
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. |
Revisions
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Sources
https://www.fold3.com/record/90214527-calder-l-wise
https://www.fold3.com/record/60665155-calder-l-wise
https://www.fold3.com/record/627641106-calder-wise-1915
https://www.fold3.com/image/628231191?terms=calder%20Wise
https://www.fold3.com/image/161270502?terms=calder%20l%20Wise
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13547423/calder-lamar-wise
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-wxyz.html#W