Danny Martin Crist
Military
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Danny M. Crist and wife 'Toni'.
Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. Liberated 29-Apr-45.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Waco, Texas, USA | 7 November 1920 | Son of Martin Homer and Rosa Belle [Frizzell] Crist. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 10 November 1941 | Dallas, Texas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 24 April 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
Travis County, TX | 6 April 1995 | |
Buried |
Cook-Walden Memorial Hill CemeteryAustin,Travis County, TX | 10 April 1995 | Cook-Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery Austin, Travis County, Texas |
Based |
Snetterton Heath | 24 February 1944 | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4164 / MACR 4164; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database