Harold Eldon Daniel

Military

Assigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Failed to Return (FTR) escort Ansbach had mechanical failure in P-51 44-14505, Prisoner of War (POW) 3-Oct-44. MACR 9252.

Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'VII FC Tec' ops. VQ-C_.'

310th Ferry Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

351st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Air base

353rd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-14505

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

Places

Raydon

Site type: Airfield

Warton

Site type: Airfield
Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	17 June 1919	Son of Harold Daniel and Jaredine Gertrude [Meaker] Stone.
Enlisted	29 May 1941	Syracuse, New York
Based	22 August 1944 - 3 October 1944	Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	3 October 1944	Prisoner of War (POW).Stalag Luft VIIa.
Other Baled out	3 October 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) escort Ansbach had mechanical failure in P-51 44-14505 Prisoner of War (POW) 3-Oct-44 MACR 9252
Died	10 June 1963
Buried	12 June 1963	White Chapel Memory Gardens DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York
Based	22 August 1944	Assigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date16 Nov 2023 07:14:29

Contributorjmoore43

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Date17 Aug 2021 08:38:47

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126573547/harold-eldon-daniel

Date16 Aug 2021 18:15:13

Contributorjmoore43

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date17 Nov 2018 18:38:27

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
https://www.fold3.com/image/28725108
https://www.fold3.com/record/83502904-harold-e-daniel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126573547/harold-eldon-daniel

Date10 Nov 2014 16:01:25

ContributorAndrea

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Family of Harold E. Daniel

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:01

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database