This B-25 ditched on the above date. The actual date of S/Sgt. Calegor's passing is unknown (see below).
Son of Mrs. Rose Calengor who resided in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Donald served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25J #44-28785, 499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in St. Louis County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on August 12, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-25J #44-28785 took off, with a crew of 6, from Tacloban, Eastern Visayas Region, Leyte, Philippines on a bombing & Strafing mission over Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines.
Due to engine failure, cause unknown, the pilot decided to ditch in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war. He was noted as surviving the ditching and was last seen in a raft.
He was awarded Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 17026260
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Airmen who perished on B-25J #44-28785:
Calengor, Donald S ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, MN
Curtis, Lucious E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Parks, Jack H ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, IN
Rodeghier, Andrew A ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, IL
The pilot, 1st Lt. Milton J. Opie, and the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles Yackiw, both survived the ditching.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Son of Mrs. Rose Calengor who resided in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Donald served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25J #44-28785, 499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in St. Louis County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on August 12, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-25J #44-28785 took off, with a crew of 6, from Tacloban, Eastern Visayas Region, Leyte, Philippines on a bombing & Strafing mission over Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines.
Due to engine failure, cause unknown, the pilot decided to ditch in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war. He was noted as surviving the ditching and was last seen in a raft.
He was awarded Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 17026260
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Airmen who perished on B-25J #44-28785:
Calengor, Donald S ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, MN
Curtis, Lucious E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Parks, Jack H ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, IN
Rodeghier, Andrew A ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, IL
The pilot, 1st Lt. Milton J. Opie, and the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles Yackiw, both survived the ditching.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This B-25 ditched on the above date. The actual date of S/Sgt. Calegor's passing is unknown (see below).
Son of Mrs. Rose Calengor who resided in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Donald served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25J #44-28785, 499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in St. Louis County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on August 12, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-25J #44-28785 took off, with a crew of 6, from Tacloban, Eastern Visayas Region, Leyte, Philippines on a bombing & Strafing mission over Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines.
Due to engine failure, cause unknown, the pilot decided to ditch in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war. He was noted as surviving the ditching and was last seen in a raft.
He was awarded Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 17026260
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25J #44-28785:
Calengor, Donald S ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, MN
Curtis, Lucious E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Parks, Jack H ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, IN
Rodeghier, Andrew A ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, IL
The pilot, 1st Lt. Milton J. Opie, and the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles Yackiw, both survived the ditching.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Son of Mrs. Rose Calengor who resided in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Donald served as a Staff Sergeant & Engineer / Gunner on B-25J #44-28785, 499th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in St. Louis County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on August 12, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-25J #44-28785 took off, with a crew of 6, from Tacloban, Eastern Visayas Region, Leyte, Philippines on a bombing & Strafing mission over Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines.
Due to engine failure, cause unknown, the pilot decided to ditch in the sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war. He was noted as surviving the ditching and was last seen in a raft.
He was awarded Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
Service # 17026260
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25J #44-28785:
Calengor, Donald S ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, MN
Curtis, Lucious E ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Parks, Jack H ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, IN
Rodeghier, Andrew A ~ 2nd Lt, Nav/Bmb, IL
The pilot, 1st Lt. Milton J. Opie, and the co-pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles Yackiw, both survived the ditching.
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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