Name: Alvin Andrew Callender Country: United States Rank: Captain Service: Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force Squadrons: 32 Victories: 8 Born: 4 July 1893 Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana Died: 30 October 1918 Place of Death: Ghislain Notes A graduate of Tulane University with a degree in architecture, Callender served on the Mexican border with the National Guard in 1916. In June 1917, he joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada. Posted to 32 Squadron in May 1918, he was shot down in June but was uninjured. On 30 October 1918, in the heaviest air fighting of the war, Callender's S.E.5a was shot down over Ghislain by members of Jasta 2. Falling behind his own lines, he soon died from a fatal chest wound. Callender's descendants published a collection of his letters and photographs entitled "War in an Open Cockpit." Aces ╖ Aircraft ╖ Books ╖ Chat ╖ Forum ╖ Guests ╖ Links ╖ Medals ╖ News ╖ Search ╖ Vote Copyright ⌐ 1997,1998 The Aerodrome Page revised on 18 Nov 1997