John E Daly Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-31618.jpeg UPL 31618 DALY'S CREW
Pyote Air Base, Texas - September 1943

Front Row (L-R)
1 John Daly, Pilot
2 Robert Koerber, Copilot
3 William Evans, Navigator
4 Joseph Jennings, Bombardier

Back Row (L-R) - Gunners
1 Omer "Lyle" Young
2 Frank Hearne
3 John MacCallum
4 Adriel "Wayne" Langendoerfer
5 Howard Polizzo
6 Harvey Tuber

This ten-man crew earned the Air Medal on their second mission -- Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, where they bombed a Messerschmidt airplane factory.

edited to correct proper spelling of Pyote and generated link to it in "places".

Object Number - UPL 31618 - DALY'S CREW Pyote Air Base, Texas - September 1943 Front Row (L-R) 1 John Daly, Pilot 2 Robert Koerber, Copilot 3 William Evans, Navigator 4...

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau, Germany mission 11-Apr-44 'Tenny Belle' exploded in mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR



Awards: AM, PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17070153
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

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Based

Pyote Army Airfield 23 September 1943 - 8 December 1943 B-17 Flying Fortress crew training

Based

Kimbolton 20 February 1944 - 11 April 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Barroway Drove, Downham Market PE38 0AJ, UK 11 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau, Germany mission 11-Apr-44 'Tenny Belle' exploded in mid-air near Downham Market, England. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR

Buried

12 April 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, UK Plot E Row 1 Grave 83

Born

New York City, New York Son of John E Snr and Katherine Daly.

Based

Snettisham 19 February 1944 Intensive gunnery training

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corrected missing links to cambridge..

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8th AF database

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personal records

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8th AF Mission Database

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Joseph W. Jennings Military Papers - 1943-1945

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Bibliography: [Betz, Frank L. and Kenneth H. Cassens editors]. 379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, Volume One: November 1942-July 1945. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2000, p. 302.

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Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial database

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avail/known data

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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