Powell H McDaniel
MilitaryTail gunner, Duarte crew. Shot down in B-17 42-39910 535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF, Missing in Action Bordeaux 31-Dec-43, shot down by enemy aircraft, crash landed Launaguet, near Chemin Boudou, N of Toulouse, France. Mission #55 to Bordeaux, France.
MACR 1878. Became POW at Stalag Luft XVIIb.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15104471
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686917
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12209398
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12214550
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Joplin, MO | 26 July 1922 | Joplin, Missouri, USA. |
Other Prisoner of War |
Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | 31 December 1943 - 6 April 1945 | Prisoner of War Stalag 17b Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krem. POW #20755148. |
Other Shot down |
Chemin de Boudou, Launaguet, France | 31 December 1943 | Missing in Action Bordeaux 31-Dec-43, shot down enemy aircraft, crash landed Launaguet, near Chemin Boudou, N of Toulouse, France MACR 1978 |
Based |
31 December 1943 | Assigned to 535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF USAAF. | |
Missouri, USA | Missouri, USA | ||
Born |
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Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 1878
A/C record AAM database.
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=92471
MACR 1878 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database