Danton J Nygaard

Military

He arrived at Thurleigh on 19 October 1942.



Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F #42-5071 while serving as Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5071

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York 10 February 1917

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 December 1942 - 8 June 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 8-Jun-45.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 55, First Over Germany by Strong pp. 56, 58 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia