Richard Daines

Military

media-51798.jpeg UPL 51798 2nd Lt Richard Daines, 353FG

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Object Number - UPL 51798 - 2nd Lt Richard Daines, 353FG

Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Lost dive bombing in P-47 42-26631, thought to have been hit by small arms fire crashed into wooded area near Amiens Killed in Action (KIA) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7444.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Squadron

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

353rd Fighter Group

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

495th Fighter Training Group

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

Aircraft

42-26631

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Goxhill

Site type: Airfield

Raydon

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Hyde Park, UT	23 August 1919	Son of Joseph Ben and Martha Elenora [Hansen] Daines. Daines.
Enlisted	Fort Douglas, UT	10 February 1942	Fort Douglas, Utah
Died	3 km SW Albert, France	7 August 1944	Lost in P-47 42-26631 Killed in Action (KIA) 7-Aug-44.
Based Transferred	Raydon	7 August 1944	Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Based	Goxhill		Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Hyde Park Cemetery Hyde Park, Cache County, UT		Re-Interred Hyde Park Cemetery Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah