Dan Woodhead Means
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pilot: Means Dan W. 2Lt. 0-705750
Co-Pilot: Clark John L. 2Lt. 0-818605
Bombardier: Ainsworth, Edward M. 2Lt. 0-669941
Engineer: Rhodes, Raymond R. T/Sgt. 18166759
R/Operator: Lyons, Robert P. T/Sgt. 36327011
R/W/ Gunner: Nimmer, George J. S/Sgt. 33797269
L/W/Gunner: Finnegan, Maurice W. S/Sgt 31298846
Tail/Gunner: Maxwell, Britt D.JR S/Sgt 34678301
Nose/Gunner: Ricker, Lincoln S. S/Sgt 32013166
Place of Departure: North Pickenham
Destination: HAMM/GERMANY
Type of Mission: Aerial Combat
Weather Conditions at time of Crash: Cavu
Date: 2 Oct 1944
Time: 13:47
Aircraft: B-24 H
AAF Serial number: 42-95104
Number of Persons Aboard aircraft: 9
STATEMENT TAKEN AT INTERROGATION:
B-24, A/C No. 104 -X, WENT DOWN WITH No.1 AND No.2 ENGINE SMOKING, AND CRASHED NEAR HAMM/GERMANY AT 13:47 HOURS, CAUSE UNKNOWN, 3 CHUTES OBSERVED
Object Number - UPL 13553 - Means crew Pilot: Means Dan W. 2Lt. 0-705750 Co-Pilot: Clark John L. ...
Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 42-95104 2-Oct-44;
Crashed at Hamm. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9427
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
McLouth, KS | 18 January 1922 | Son of Alvin and Nellie M [Woodhead] Means. |
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Died |
2 October 1944 | ||
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Pickenham | 2 October 1944 | Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
McLouth Cemetery McLouth, Jefferson County, KS | Memorialised McLouth Cemetery McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas | |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D: Row 2: Grave 26 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9427 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
