John B Caldwell

Military
media-41742.jpeg UPL 41742 2nd Lt John B Caldwell 721BS, 450BG, 15AF.

Courtesy of ABMC page

Object Number - UPL 41742 - 2nd Lt John B Caldwell 721BS, 450BG, 15AF.

Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Ed Lee crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12514



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Better Late Than Never
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron 721st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Chattanooga, TN 2 February 1943 Chattanooga, Tennessee

Died

Conegliano, Italy 28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy KIA MACR 12514

Born

Hamilton County, TN Son of Hollis Marion and Tillie [Ragon] Calsdwell.

Buried

Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Plot G Row 3 Grave 20

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