Daniel Wayne Waters
Military
Photo from Dan's memorial grave site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38990695/daniel-wayne-waters
Object Number - UPL 40894 - Daniel Wayne Waters
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061100 / O-730555
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Owensville, IN | 15 October 1923 | Son of Walter R and Katie [Manning] Waters. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 26 May 1942 | Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana |
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Other Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 26 July 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Hannover in B-17 42-3298; Shot down 26-Jul-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 195 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 26 July 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
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Died |
14 August 1982 | ||
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Buried |
Clark Cemetery, Owensville, IN | 17 August 1982 | Clark Cemetery Owensville, Gibson County, IN |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Horham | 26 July 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Number from the POW record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=2&cat=WR26&t…
Photo from Dan's memorial grave site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38990695/daniel-wayne-waters
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 195 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
