Daniel Blaine Harris

Military
media-36523.jpeg UPL 36523 Daniel Blaine Harris
Pilot
Crew #717
466th BG - 787th BS

Shot down on his 4th mission, 8 April 1944.
POW

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Object Number - UPL 36523 - Daniel Blaine Harris Pilot Crew #717 466th BG - 787th BS Shot down on his 4th mission, 8 April 1944. POW

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #41-29365, Prisoner of War (POW).



Retired from a 31 year career in the USAF with the rank of Colonel.

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Eugene J Albers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Charles W Bidgood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 691870
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert L Boebel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680395
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Charles Bushing

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35579189
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Clement Conrad Ehmet

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35668716
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

41-29365

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

510

  • Date: 2 August 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bancroft, Idaho, USA 22 December 1922

Other

Shot Down

in the vicinity of Vorsfelde, Wolfsburg, Germany 8 April 1944 Shot down by ME-109's. Harris escaped the burning aircraft by bailing out through the bomb bay.

Died

Soda Springs, ID 83276, USA 30 April 2001 Idaho State Journal, Thursday, 05/03/01 SODA SPRINGS — Daniel Blaine Harris, 78, of Soda Springs, passed away Monday, April 30, 2001, at his home. He was born September 22, 1922, in Davisville, Idaho, the son of Franklin W. and Florence Pearl Balls Harris. He married Melva Call June 30, 1942, in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple. He was raised and educated in Thatcher and Soda Springs, graduating from Soda Springs High School. He received a master's in electronics from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He served in the USAF as a combat pilot (World War II), nuclear researcher, military airlift commander (Vietnam War), and Defense intelligence officer for the Pentagon. He was stationed at military bases around the world. He was also a POW in Germany for 13 months. When he retired after 31 years of service, he held the rank of colonel. He enjoyed singing, camping, hunting, fishing, flying and traveling with his family. He is survived by his wife, Melva, of Soda Springs; and four daughters, Geri Bateman, Arcata, Calif., Diana Johnson, Rexburg, Idaho, JoAnn Stewart, Mesa, Ariz., Holly Stephenson, Vienna, Va.; also 20 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; one brother and sister, LaPhene (Don) Harris and Marye Paulsen of Utah. He was preceded in death by a son, Franklin Willard Harris, a daughter, Melva Jean Harris, and two brothers, Berdean and Denton Harris.

Buried

Soda Springs, ID 83276, USA 5 May 2001 Fairview Cemetery Soda Springs Caribou County Idaho, USA Plot: Block 5-J, Lot 3-4

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 15 April 1944 Stalag Luft I
Soda Springs, ID 83276, USA

Revisions

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Updated his rank per info from his obit.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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466th BG HIstorian
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3840 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Daniel Blaine Harris: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 36523 - Daniel Blaine Harris Pilot Crew #717 466th BG -...

Object number: UPL 42639 - MACR 3840 42-29365 466th BG | 787th BS 08 Apr 1944