Military Service
Awarded the 'Legion of Merit Medal, for Meritorious Service 1944'
and 'the Bronze Star Medal, for Meritorious Service 1945'
***
The Daily Herald Feb. 26, 1945
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE - Award of the bronze star medal to Sergeant Charles O. Calton, 24, "for meritorious service in connection with military operations from July to December, 1944" has just been announced at Ninth Air Force Service Command Headquarters.
Sgt. Calton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Calton, 1028 Cherubusco street, Pascagoula, perfected and manufactured from salvage and scrap parts a test stand whereby he could immediately locate malfunctions in the hydraulic brake system of fighter aircraft.
During the Saint Lo offensive, dusty and muddy airstrips in Normandy wreaked havoc with the brake cylinders on a plane's landing gear. Sgt. Calton's device enabled his air service squadron to repair hydraulic brake cylinders quickly at a time when more fighter-bombers were put out of action by hydraulic system failure than by enemy action.
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The Daily Herald - Oct. 13, 1944
NEW TECHNIQUE ADDS TO PLANE FLYING TIME
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE -
Not all the hero's of the Air Forces fly.
Corporal Charles O. Calton, formerly of Burnsville, Miss., has been recommended for the "Legion of Merit" and promoted to the rank of sergeant in connection with two major improvements in mechanical technique which have added hours of flying time for pilots and planes by shortening repair work on grounded P-47s maintained by his unit of the Ninth Air Force Service Command at this advanced landing ground in France.
Sergeant Calton has devised a method for on-the-field testing of repairs on hydraulic brakes, according to Major Frederick C. Roberts, of Easton, PA., his commanding officer. Prior to exercise of Sgt. Calton's 'inventive genius' it was necessary to send an essential part of the hydraulic brake assembly back to depots in England or the United States to check on repairs which, if imperfect, might result in death or injury to the pilot and the wrecking of the flight-or-plane.
Sergeant Calton also made improvements on light loading equipment, doubling it weight lifting capacity, and making it possible to handle airplane engines in repair work which otherwise would have been delayed by the lack of suitable loading equipment available to these mobile maintenance and repair crews.
Prior to entering the service, two years ago Sgt. Calton was employed as a layout man by a construction company in Detroit and other Midwestern cites. He was born and educated at Burnsville, Miss. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Calton, now live at Pascagoula, Miss.
Besides his inventions with respect to airplane repairs, Sgt. Calton is the handyman around his unit, spending "after work hours" in devising improvements and field showerbaths and other niceties of close to the front-line living. "The fellows tell me what they think they want," Sgt. Calton said, "and I try to work it out for them".
Awarded the 'Legion of Merit Medal, for Meritorious Service 1944'
and 'the Bronze Star Medal, for Meritorious Service 1945'
***
The Daily Herald Feb. 26, 1945
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE - Award of the bronze star medal to Sergeant Charles O. Calton, 24, "for meritorious service in connection with military operations from July to December, 1944" has just been announced at Ninth Air Force Service Command Headquarters.
Sgt. Calton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Calton, 1028 Cherubusco street, Pascagoula, perfected and manufactured from salvage and scrap parts a test stand whereby he could immediately locate malfunctions in the hydraulic brake system of fighter aircraft.
During the Saint Lo offensive, dusty and muddy airstrips in Normandy wreaked havoc with the brake cylinders on a plane's landing gear. Sgt. Calton's device enabled his air service squadron to repair hydraulic brake cylinders quickly at a time when more fighter-bombers were put out of action by hydraulic system failure than by enemy action.
***
The Daily Herald - Oct. 13, 1944
NEW TECHNIQUE ADDS TO PLANE FLYING TIME
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE -
Not all the hero's of the Air Forces fly.
Corporal Charles O. Calton, formerly of Burnsville, Miss., has been recommended for the "Legion of Merit" and promoted to the rank of sergeant in connection with two major improvements in mechanical technique which have added hours of flying time for pilots and planes by shortening repair work on grounded P-47s maintained by his unit of the Ninth Air Force Service Command at this advanced landing ground in France.
Sergeant Calton has devised a method for on-the-field testing of repairs on hydraulic brakes, according to Major Frederick C. Roberts, of Easton, PA., his commanding officer. Prior to exercise of Sgt. Calton's 'inventive genius' it was necessary to send an essential part of the hydraulic brake assembly back to depots in England or the United States to check on repairs which, if imperfect, might result in death or injury to the pilot and the wrecking of the flight-or-plane.
Sergeant Calton also made improvements on light loading equipment, doubling it weight lifting capacity, and making it possible to handle airplane engines in repair work which otherwise would have been delayed by the lack of suitable loading equipment available to these mobile maintenance and repair crews.
Prior to entering the service, two years ago Sgt. Calton was employed as a layout man by a construction company in Detroit and other Midwestern cites. He was born and educated at Burnsville, Miss. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Calton, now live at Pascagoula, Miss.
Besides his inventions with respect to airplane repairs, Sgt. Calton is the handyman around his unit, spending "after work hours" in devising improvements and field showerbaths and other niceties of close to the front-line living. "The fellows tell me what they think they want," Sgt. Calton said, "and I try to work it out for them".
Military Service
Awarded the 'Legion of Merit Medal, for Meritorious Service 1944'
and 'the Bronze Star Medal, for Meritorious Service 1945'
***
The Daily Herald Feb. 26, 1945
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE - Award of the bronze star medal to Sergeant Charles O. Calton, 24, "for meritorious service in connection with military operations from July to December, 1944" has just been announced at Ninth Air Force Service Command Headquarters.
Sgt. Calton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Calton, 1028 Cherubusco street, Pascagoula, perfected and manufactured from salvage and scrap parts a test stand whereby he could immediately locate malfunctions in the hydraulic brake system of fighter aircraft.
During the Saint Lo offensive, dusty and muddy airstrips in Normandy wreaked havoc with the brake cylinders on a plane's landing gear. Sgt. Calton's device enabled his air service squadron to repair hydraulic brake cylinders quickly at a time when more fighter-bombers were put out of action by hydraulic system failure than by enemy action.
***
The Daily Herald - Oct. 13, 1944
NEW TECHNIQUE ADDS TO PLANE FLYING TIME
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE -
Not all the hero's of the Air Forces fly.
Corporal Charles O. Calton, formerly of Burnsville, Miss., has been recommended for the "Legion of Merit" and promoted to the rank of sergeant in connection with two major improvements in mechanical technique which have added hours of flying time for pilots and planes by shortening repair work on grounded P-47s maintained by his unit of the Ninth Air Force Service Command at this advanced landing ground in France.
Sergeant Calton has devised a method for on-the-field testing of repairs on hydraulic brakes, according to Major Frederick C. Roberts, of Easton, PA., his commanding officer. Prior to exercise of Sgt. Calton's 'inventive genius' it was necessary to send an essential part of the hydraulic brake assembly back to depots in England or the United States to check on repairs which, if imperfect, might result in death or injury to the pilot and the wrecking of the flight-or-plane.
Sergeant Calton also made improvements on light loading equipment, doubling it weight lifting capacity, and making it possible to handle airplane engines in repair work which otherwise would have been delayed by the lack of suitable loading equipment available to these mobile maintenance and repair crews.
Prior to entering the service, two years ago Sgt. Calton was employed as a layout man by a construction company in Detroit and other Midwestern cites. He was born and educated at Burnsville, Miss. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Calton, now live at Pascagoula, Miss.
Besides his inventions with respect to airplane repairs, Sgt. Calton is the handyman around his unit, spending "after work hours" in devising improvements and field showerbaths and other niceties of close to the front-line living. "The fellows tell me what they think they want," Sgt. Calton said, "and I try to work it out for them".
Awarded the 'Legion of Merit Medal, for Meritorious Service 1944'
and 'the Bronze Star Medal, for Meritorious Service 1945'
***
The Daily Herald Feb. 26, 1945
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE - Award of the bronze star medal to Sergeant Charles O. Calton, 24, "for meritorious service in connection with military operations from July to December, 1944" has just been announced at Ninth Air Force Service Command Headquarters.
Sgt. Calton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Calton, 1028 Cherubusco street, Pascagoula, perfected and manufactured from salvage and scrap parts a test stand whereby he could immediately locate malfunctions in the hydraulic brake system of fighter aircraft.
During the Saint Lo offensive, dusty and muddy airstrips in Normandy wreaked havoc with the brake cylinders on a plane's landing gear. Sgt. Calton's device enabled his air service squadron to repair hydraulic brake cylinders quickly at a time when more fighter-bombers were put out of action by hydraulic system failure than by enemy action.
***
The Daily Herald - Oct. 13, 1944
NEW TECHNIQUE ADDS TO PLANE FLYING TIME
A Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit
FRANCE -
Not all the hero's of the Air Forces fly.
Corporal Charles O. Calton, formerly of Burnsville, Miss., has been recommended for the "Legion of Merit" and promoted to the rank of sergeant in connection with two major improvements in mechanical technique which have added hours of flying time for pilots and planes by shortening repair work on grounded P-47s maintained by his unit of the Ninth Air Force Service Command at this advanced landing ground in France.
Sergeant Calton has devised a method for on-the-field testing of repairs on hydraulic brakes, according to Major Frederick C. Roberts, of Easton, PA., his commanding officer. Prior to exercise of Sgt. Calton's 'inventive genius' it was necessary to send an essential part of the hydraulic brake assembly back to depots in England or the United States to check on repairs which, if imperfect, might result in death or injury to the pilot and the wrecking of the flight-or-plane.
Sergeant Calton also made improvements on light loading equipment, doubling it weight lifting capacity, and making it possible to handle airplane engines in repair work which otherwise would have been delayed by the lack of suitable loading equipment available to these mobile maintenance and repair crews.
Prior to entering the service, two years ago Sgt. Calton was employed as a layout man by a construction company in Detroit and other Midwestern cites. He was born and educated at Burnsville, Miss. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Calton, now live at Pascagoula, Miss.
Besides his inventions with respect to airplane repairs, Sgt. Calton is the handyman around his unit, spending "after work hours" in devising improvements and field showerbaths and other niceties of close to the front-line living. "The fellows tell me what they think they want," Sgt. Calton said, "and I try to work it out for them".
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