Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH - EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY of Dinozé

 

Jack Richard McCALLEN

 

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Source : Jerry Jevers

NUMBER OF SERVICE33292995 
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

 27 June 1921 Pitcairn, Allegheny County, PENNSYLVANIA 

ENLISTMENT STATEPENNSYLVANIA
FAMILY

Parents : Charles H & Elizabeth McClowry McCALLEN

Brother : Charles H 

RANK
Technical Sergeant Technical Sergeant
FONCTIONRadio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupationsPA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 2 September 1942 Greensburg PENNSYLVANIA 
REGIMENT   409th Bomber Squadron 
DIVISION  93th Bomber Group, Heavy  
ARMY8th US Air Force  
DATE OF DEATH1 April 1944

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHReims-Courcy Airfield
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

 B-24 Liberator - type J-85-CO - s/n 42-100248 YM*P
"Bar Fly"

B 24 Liberator
Macr : 3563
Mission : #287-8thAF - 440 bombers and 475 fighters - Due to bad weather on Ludwigshaffen, the B-17s gave up and the B-24s were directed to Pforzheim, Schaffhausen, Strasbourg and Grafenhausen
Take-off from Hardwick, Norfolk UK
Hit by the hunt between 11:40 and 12:00

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of  Champigneul  N°3515

champigneul

Story of Cemetery Temporary  

CEMETERY

EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY de Dinozé

 Cemetery American of Epinal

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A3849
DECORATION

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

US AAF Air Crew Badge

 

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

badge-aaf_aircrew

 
 
usaf 8air force 93bg 409bs
 
STORY

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Source : Andy

By: Jerry Jevers

My wife’s uncle, Tech Sergeant Jack R. Mc CALLEN.

Buried in the cemetery of Champigneul from September 1944 until 1948.

Following the family’s request, following the closure of Champigneul, it was transferred to the American cemetery of Epinal in 1948.

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Memorial to the men of the two planes shot down on April 1, 1944 in Burgundy.

Source : Gary Hawthorne   

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Source : Jaap Vermee 

 

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Source : Fold3

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

Grandview Cemetery
North Versailles, Allegheny County, PENNSYLVANIA

Source : Franny

 

 

Crew of B-24 Liberator - type J-85-CO - s/n 42-100248 YM*P
"Bar Fly"

 

1Lt Edward L ROBBINS Pilot Dead Cim Am Epinal (88) O-677572 - AM+3/PH - Missouri
1Lt James Lester "Jim" WAGNER CoPilot Dead Cim Am Epinal (88)  O-748852 - AM+3 - 25 yo Mount Jackson, Lawrence Co, Pennsylvania
1Lt Joseph J McCAULEY Navigator Dead Long Island Nat Cem. Farmingdale, New York O-678377 - 25 yo - New York
1Lt Robert F BINS Bomber Dead Allouez Cath Cem. Green Bay, Wisconsin 20655618 - 22 yo - Fils de Fred F et Edna (Lang) Bins
S/Sgt Charles B SPEIER Gunner Dead Cim Am Epinal (88)  17154551 - AM+3/PH+1 - Born in 1924 - Minnesota
T/Sgt Raymond R "Rudy" CARRIKER Gunner Dead Fort Gibson Nat. Cem. Oklahoma 38318506 - 22 ans - Oklahoma
T/Sgt Jack Richard McCALLEN Radio Dead Cim Am Epinal (88) 33292995 - AM+3/PH - 22 yo - Pitcairn, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania - Fils de Charles et Elizabeth (McClowry) McCallen
S/Sgt Daniel A BUTLER Gunner Dead Rose Hill Cem. Tulia, Swisher Co, Texas 20805395 - 24 yo -  Texas
S/Sgt Franck G ZYWICZYNSKI Gunner Prisoner   15373973 - Né le 06/04/1924, Toledo, Ohio - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow - † 2010
S/Sgt Stanley A WOJCIECHOWSKI Gunner Dead Cim Am Epinal (88) 35303040 - AM+3/PH - Born in 1920 - Ohio

Mc CALLEN Jack R - 409 BS 93 BGH

The crew of the "Bar Fly"

Source : Sharon D Wagner

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOJerry Jevers - Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net  
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