Dalton R Snell
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 8 March 1943 in B-24D 41-23784 [NB:R] 'Miss Dianne', 44BG/67BS while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. The aircraft was attacked and shot down by German fighters near Villers-Ecalles, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Stone monument with crew names installed at Villers-Ecalles in 1997
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Miss Dianne
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force Finance
Missions
- Date: 8 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
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Buried |
Rouen, France | 8 April 1943 | Buried by the Germans in the St. Sever Cemetery at Rouen, France. Other KIA in this crew were also buried there and later inetrred in American Cemeteries in Europe. This may be a case where his remains were repatriated to the United States somethime after the war. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Villers-Écalles, France | 8 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down and crashed near Villers-Ecalles, France while on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 31-Jul-2015. Added KIA event note per MACR 15570; Edited Summary Biography with A/C model letter, Radio Call Letters and Unit association, added loss detail and target based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Also added Buried event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
MACR 15570 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database