Co Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager DFC
Hometown: St. Paul and Walnut, Kans.
Squadron: 389th Bomb Group TDY 98th BG
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal Pilot 1st/Lt. Lewis N. Ellis
Target: Ploesti
Mission Date : 1-Dec-43
Serial Number: 41-11815
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: DAISY MAE
Location: Ship and crew successfully Returned to base in Bengazi.
As a young 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his valor in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level Pilot Ellis and crew along with the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refineries in Ploesti Romania. Lt.Fager continued a successful AAF career serving in korea and eventually retiring as Lt. Colonel.
HELLS ANGELS Crew
1st/Lt. Lewis Nathaniel Ellis Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus E. Fager Co Pilot S/Sgt James Ayers Gunner
Hometown: St. Paul and Walnut, Kans.
Squadron: 389th Bomb Group TDY 98th BG
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal Pilot 1st/Lt. Lewis N. Ellis
Target: Ploesti
Mission Date : 1-Dec-43
Serial Number: 41-11815
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: DAISY MAE
Location: Ship and crew successfully Returned to base in Bengazi.
As a young 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his valor in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level Pilot Ellis and crew along with the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refineries in Ploesti Romania. Lt.Fager continued a successful AAF career serving in korea and eventually retiring as Lt. Colonel.
HELLS ANGELS Crew
1st/Lt. Lewis Nathaniel Ellis Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus E. Fager Co Pilot S/Sgt James Ayers Gunner
Co Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager DFC
Hometown: St. Paul and Walnut, Kans.
Squadron: 389th Bomb Group TDY 98th BG
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal Pilot 1st/Lt. Lewis N. Ellis
Target: Ploesti
Mission Date : 1-Dec-43
Serial Number: 41-11815
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: DAISY MAE
Location: Ship and crew successfully Returned to base in Bengazi.
As a young 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his valor in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level Pilot Ellis and crew along with the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refineries in Ploesti Romania. Lt.Fager continued a successful AAF career serving in korea and eventually retiring as Lt. Colonel.
HELLS ANGELS Crew
1st/Lt. Lewis Nathaniel Ellis Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus E. Fager Co Pilot S/Sgt James Ayers Gunner
Hometown: St. Paul and Walnut, Kans.
Squadron: 389th Bomb Group TDY 98th BG
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal Pilot 1st/Lt. Lewis N. Ellis
Target: Ploesti
Mission Date : 1-Dec-43
Serial Number: 41-11815
Aircraft Model B-24D-
Aircraft Letter: J-
Aircraft Name: DAISY MAE
Location: Ship and crew successfully Returned to base in Bengazi.
As a young 2nd/Lt. Callistus Fager was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his valor in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. One of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level Pilot Ellis and crew along with the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refineries in Ploesti Romania. Lt.Fager continued a successful AAF career serving in korea and eventually retiring as Lt. Colonel.
HELLS ANGELS Crew
1st/Lt. Lewis Nathaniel Ellis Pilot 2nd/Lt. Callistus E. Fager Co Pilot S/Sgt James Ayers Gunner
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LT COL US AIR FORCE; WORLD WAR II; KOREA
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