Melvin L McDaniel

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) in B-24 'Hair power' 44-40117 near Hannover

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Co-Pilot is Jim Weicker (not Wyker). Bombardier is Roland Weirback (not Weirbank).

44-40117

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hare Power
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

26 November 1944

Born

Xenia, Ohio

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11156 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- C. Timothy McKeown

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11156