Samuel L Kalman

Military

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Gutersloh, Germany on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-31596. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31596

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 February 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
1993 457th BGA Roster;
Flak Dodger by Roland Byers;
MACR 3004, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include information from :
1993 457th BGA Roster;
Flak Dodger by Roland Byers;
MACR 3004, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces ;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3004 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database