Herschel Austin Dailey

Military
media-40243.jpeg UPL 40243 "Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24, somewhere in England. April 1944."

Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant, T/Sgt Garland Odell Meadows, T/Sgt Clayton C Wilkening.

Front L-R: S/Sgt Albert Lind, 1Lt Billie Allen Spivey, Capt Rex L Brudos, S/Sgt Herschel Austin Dailey, T/Sgt Ralph E Bonner.

Object Number - UPL 40243 - "Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24, somewhere in England. April 1944." Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant,...

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat mission. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Blondie's Folly
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rough Riders
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dusty's Double Trouble
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wurf'less
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hookem Cow/Betty/Stinky
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio, USA 23 July 1923

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 6 November 1942 Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio

Died

9 April 2013

Buried

Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Texas 12 April 2013 Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Texas

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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