Daniel Barnette Deason

Military

Shot down 20 July 1944 in AC #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated. Honorably discharged 4 September 1945.

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Units served with

418th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Louis Hyman Abromowitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

George Edward Bonitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-694318
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Navigator

Daniel Martin Cargile

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38372191
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert David Chavez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39559984
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Oscar Laddie Edge

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39549755
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-97564

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

Places

The control tower at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the 100th Bomb Group, 1952. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1952, 100 BG.'

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	22 December 1922	in Kentucky, the son of Thomas T. and Velva Deason
Enlisted	16 November 1942	as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
Other force-landed	20 July 1944	in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, Holland
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	20 July 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow (Tychowo).
Died	27 December 1999
Enlisted
Buried		Daniel Deason rests at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Indiana

Revisions

Date31 Jan 2019 11:45:31

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:51

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database