[Raymond L. Callaway oral history interview]

Fighter ace Raymond L. Callaway discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time in China with the 8th Fighter Squadron of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW). Special focus on a bomber escort mission in 1944 in which he helped down a Japanese photo plane.

Raymond L. Callaway was born on April 12, 1916 in Granite Falls, Minnesota. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1940 and served with several of air groups during his career, including the 56th Fighter Group, the 80th Fighter Group, the 326th Fighter Group, the 3rd Fighter Group, and the 369th Fighter Group. In 1943, he joined the 8th Fighter Squadron of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW), serving in China and India. Callaway remained in the Reserves after the war and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1967. He passed away in 2005.

Biographical information courtesy of: Boyce, Ward J., ed., American fighter aces album. Mesa, Ariz: American Fighter Aces Association, 1996.