Richard D Callaway
MilitaryAvailable 303BG indicate that MAJ Callaway was a Senior Pilot and was assigned to an aircraft and with crew on 26-Jul-42 at Alamogordo Field, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, as a passenger aboard B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS. It is possible that he was 360BS Commanding Officer and as such did not have a regular aircraft assignment.
Mission Participations (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) See Biography events.
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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: Ooold Soljer
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Beats Me
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yardbird II
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Arrival in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as a Passenger aboard B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS. |
Other Mission #1, MAJ Richard D. Callaway, w/B-17F 41-24620, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Command Pilot on B-17F 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission#2, MAJ Richard D. Callaway, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljor", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission#3, MAJ Richard D. Callaway, w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romiilly-sur-Seine, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission#4, MAJ Richard D. Callaway, w/B-17F 41-24602, 303BG/360BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24602 "Yardbird II", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added Arrival in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added arrival in UK info to Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian: Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 25-Jan-2016. Added Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian, 303BG personnel record: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster