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Personal info

Full name
MC CALLISTER, William Edward 'bill'
Date of birth
6 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Carmi, White County, Illinois
Hometown
Carmi, White County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-444566
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
849th Bombardment Squadron,
490th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Near Marienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 11 8

Immediate family

Members
William O. Mc Callister (father)
Julia A. (Beck) Mc Callister (mother)
Lawrence C. Mc Callister (brother)
Lynn Mc Callister (brother)
Donald C. Mc Callister (brother)
Ralph B. Mc Callister (brother)
Frank W. Mc Callister (brother)
George L. Mc Callister (brother)
Margaret Mc Callister (wife)
William O. Mc Callister (son)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38135
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Ustinad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 14193

More information

1st Lt William Mc Callister maried on 5 August 1944 and his son was born on 5 July 1945.

The airplane was attacked by ME262 jetplanes and exploded.

Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, seven men were killed.

This was their first mission.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Reid McCallister (nephew), www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Norwich University School Yearbook / Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Norwich University School Yearbook