Calvin Jerald MacDougall
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: Sgt Reynold T Fraker, 2Lt James C Neill, 2Lt Calvin J McDougall, 2Lt Albert H Roddy, 2Lt Elbert L Hammond.
Front L-R: T/Sgt George S Moore, T/Sgt Mervin L Roberts, Sgt Merel E Warner, S/Sgt George Schult, Sgt Harold J Nichol.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Hit by 20mm shell preparing to bail out at nose hatch. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7222.
Awards: PH.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14076431 / O-812294
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of the Barbary Coast
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Maine, USA | 26 December 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 3 August 1942 | |
Died |
Dannefeld, 39649 Gardelegen, Germany | 7 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7222. |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 7 July 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
916 Bridgeboro Rd, Beverly, NJ 08010, USA | Beverly National Cemetery Beverly, Burlington County, NJ | |
Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Revisions
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We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 By Martin W. Bowman
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7222