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Personal info

Full name
MC CALL, David Carroll
Date of birth
13 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33375287
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Bellevue Allee, Tiergarten Zoo
Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 24

Immediate family

Members
Thomas L. Mc Call (father)
Bertha M. Mc Call (mother)
Robert Mc Call (brother)
Elizabeth Mc Call (sister)
Thomas Mc Call (brother)
Joseph Mc Call (brother)
Hannah Mc Call (sister)
Bertha Mc Call (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97632
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Tempelhof marshalling yard
MACR: 12232

More information

Statement of 2nd Lt. Merlin M. Goldberg:
"I was flying as pilot in no. 2 position of the 4th element, and at about ten seconds after bombs away I observed an explosion of a direct flak hit in the waist section of aircraft B-17G 42-97632. At this time I also saw what appeared to be a secondary explosion in the interior of the aircraft as fire shot out of the nose. The aircraft disintegrated from about the horizontal stabilizer to the trailing edge of the wing. The tail section floated back through the formation and the forward section nosed downward. No flames or smoke were visable. I saw no crew members leave the aircraft or parachutes open."

The entire crew was killed. The remains were taken to the Reserve Hospital 101, Olympia Village at Döberitz. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery at Elsgrund-Döbertiz.

Two crew members are still missing in action: George Zenz and Frank Adams.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.91stbombgroup.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.91stbombgroup.com