David Elwood MacCallum
MilitaryAssigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 7 x combat missions. Crashed, exploded and burned 5-Jan-45 in assembly ship B-24 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham after taking off in a snowstorm to lead the assembly of the group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, 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: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-463894
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hampton, NH | 17 June 1925 | Son of Guy and Anne H MacCallum. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 3 August 1943 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Died |
Swaffham, UK | 5 January 1945 | |
Buried |
6 January 1945 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 0 Grave 84 | |
Based |
North Pickenham | 5 January 1945 | Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia