Daniel Joseph Segrete

Military

Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Donald Stuke crew. 2 x combat missions. Mid-air collision with another B-17 and crashed E of Rouen, France after the mission to Augsburg, Germany was aborted on 18-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37913. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3233



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Joseph Stuke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19065400 / O-727280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37913

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Long Island City, New York, USA 24 March 1922

Enlisted

New York City, NY 29 September 1942 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 18 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

East of Rouen, France 18 March 1944 Mid-air collision with another B-17 and crashed E of Rouen, France after the mission to Augsburg, Germany was aborted on 18-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37913. POW MACR 3233

Died

Northpoint, NY 7 September 2014

Buried/ Commemorated

Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, NY 11 September 2014 Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, New York

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 18 March 1944 Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135596605/daniel-j-segrete

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 3233 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database