Caleb Lanier Reeder Jr
Military
old file photo of my dad
Object Number - UPL 55126
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by an FW190 on a withdrawal support mission on 8-Mar-44, P-47D 42-74623 crashed at Fockinghausen after baling out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2841
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Laurel Hill, Florida | 14 March 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
8 April 1960 | ||
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Buried |
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL | 12 April 1960 | Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida |
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Based |
Boxted | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236008027/caleb-lanier-reeder
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2841;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2841, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
