Wendell L Daily
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 21308
Wendell L. Daily - Waterloo, 389th BG, KIA
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator #42-40751.
Shot down by fighters near Orleans, France on 7 January 1944 in B-24D #42-41013 'Trouble N' Mind'. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC, AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
Near Orléans, France | 7 January 1944 | |
Born |
Waterloo, Iowa | ||
Buried |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan & Stewart, Combat Chronology Supplement p. 222, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial