Manley Hovey Dale Jr
MilitaryManley Dale Jr was a Co-Pilot in the 463rd Bomb Group / 775th Bomb Squadron (15th Air Force), in Italy. He was on board B-17 # 42-31685 on the 10 May 1944 mission to the Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory, Austria. Made a Prisoner of War (POW) - Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4660.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Service Numbers: 32573761
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 32869413
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 775th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35792727
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 16079053
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minnesota, United States | 26 August 1919 | the son of Manley Hovey Dale and Till A. Dale |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Sankt Johann am Steinfelde, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Bailed out of the flaming plane and was captured near Sankt Johann am Steinfelde, Austria, around noon the day of the crash |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 May 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3; on the forced march from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, where he was liberated by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945” | |
| Webster, Say County, South Dakota, United States | |||
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Buried |
Manley Dale Jr rests at Section 54, Grave 3479 |
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Sources
MACR 4660
NARA WWII POW records
"Searching for Stanley - Unforgotten Hero of World War II", by Kay Hughes, niece and Harold E. Dwyer, brother, of Pilot Stanley N. Dwyer (iUniverse books - 2011)
Contacts with the Stanley Dwyer family.