Daniel Raymond DiThomas

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943.  Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #425853 'Salvage Queen. ' Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).  MACR#14667

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform including hat with eagle insignia
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795190
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-403534
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Sepia tinted headset of young man in uniform with a banner in the background that read "Fort Oglethorpe, GA"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34360049
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/ Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16052869
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform including hat with eagle insignia
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Salvage Queen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 22 June 1943 Damaged by enemy aircraft; ditched in the English Channel.

Buried

Or Memorial

Steubenville, Ohio, USA Mount Calvary Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio

Revisions

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Interview with surviving crew members.  MACR#14667

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14668