Ferrel Eugene Daniel
MilitaryAssigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6439
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Emperor Jones
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Barnesville, GA | 26 September 1917 | Son of R J Daniel. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 28 October 1941 | Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia |
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Enlisted |
28 October 1941 | ||
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Other Baled out POW |
2 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, baled out. POW MACR 6439 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 2 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
28 September 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
26 May 2000 | ||
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Based |
Stornara | 2 July 1944 | Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. |