Calvin Dale Criswell

Military
media-23069.jpeg UPL 23069 Crew #15
Kenneth Gorrell Crew
458th BG - 752nd BS

Back Row: Unknown - N, Lt. Kirschman - B, Louis Sonnefeld - CP, Kenneth Gorrell - P
Middle Row: John Hiebert - G, Paul Dirker - TT/E, Dewey Adams - WG
Front Row: Rocco Immundo - TTG, Calvin Criswell - RO, Wisner - TG


Crashed on takeoff for their first combat mission, 2 March 1944. 7 KIA 458th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 23069 - Crew #15 Kenneth Gorrell Crew 458th BG - 752nd BS Back Row: Unknown - N, Lt. Kirschman - B, Louis Sonnefeld - CP, Kenneth Gorrell - P Middle...

Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for an operational mission on 2-Mar-44 in B-24 41-28669. Returned to Duty (RTD). Shot down 27-May-44 in B-24 42-94946 'The Cat's Ass. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned (INT).



Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ginny
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Cat's Ass
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Missouri, USA 17 January 1924 Son of Lee Alonzo and Maude [Scoggins] Criswell.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, Lemay Township, MO 63125, USA 10 December 1942 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Other

Crashed / Returned to Duty (RTD)

Norwich, UK 2 March 1944 Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for an operational mission on 2-Mar-44 in B-24 41-28669. Returned to Duty (RTD).

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 27 May 1944 Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 42-94946 'The Cat's Ass. ' Landed in Switzerland. Interned.

Died

4 January 2017

Buried

Crescent Hill Cemetery Adrian, Bates County, MO 7 January 2017 Crescent Hill Cemetery Adrian, Bates County, Missouri

Based

Horsham St Faith 27 May 1944 Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.
Vernon County, MO, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5388 / MACR 5388, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 240 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45 & Page 274 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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