Advertisement

SSGT James Andrew Kalahar

Advertisement

SSGT James Andrew Kalahar

Birth
Frederic, Crawford County, Michigan, USA
Death
19 May 1944 (aged 24)
Berlin, Germany
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 34 SITE 3494
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits

Missing Air Crew Report 4946. MISS DONNA MAE. Hit by bombs from 42-97791 (94BG) above knocking off left horizontal stabilizer, then wing broke off as it spun to earth, crashed Oderbergerstrasse, Berlin, Germany.


Eleven airmen killed in action:


1LT Marion U. Reid, Pilot

2LT Lewis T Carter, Co-pilot

2LT Roger F. Tessier, Navigator

2LT Stanley D. Duffield, Bombardier

SSGT John F. Boone, Radio Operator

SSGT Ludwig H.Huth, Ball turret gunner

SSGT James A. Kalahar, Waist gunner

SSGT Richard E. Brennan, Waist gunner

SSGT Willard Christensen, Tail gunner

TSGT Lee Z. Kieffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner

TSGT John B. Davis, Observer


Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*

Missing Air Crew Report 4946. MISS DONNA MAE. Hit by bombs from 42-97791 (94BG) above knocking off left horizontal stabilizer, then wing broke off as it spun to earth, crashed Oderbergerstrasse, Berlin, Germany.


Eleven airmen killed in action:


1LT Marion U. Reid, Pilot

2LT Lewis T Carter, Co-pilot

2LT Roger F. Tessier, Navigator

2LT Stanley D. Duffield, Bombardier

SSGT John F. Boone, Radio Operator

SSGT Ludwig H.Huth, Ball turret gunner

SSGT James A. Kalahar, Waist gunner

SSGT Richard E. Brennan, Waist gunner

SSGT Willard Christensen, Tail gunner

TSGT Lee Z. Kieffer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner

TSGT John B. Davis, Observer


Source: Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log*

Inscription

SSGT, 94 AAF BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

Family Members

Parents
Siblings Half Siblings

Other Records

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

See more Kalahar memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement