Jack Ellsworth Danby
MilitaryShared with the American Air Museum by Jack Ellsworth Danby's daughter, Maureen Danby Adams-Abbott.
Jack Danby served as a navigator with the 509th Bomb Squadron of the 351st Bomb Group, who flew bombing missions out of Polebrook, England. His first mission was on the 21 May 1943 striking submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
On 31 December 1943, on his 18th mission, he was flying in B-17 #4237731 on a mission to Bordeaux when it was shot down. He successfully bailed out and was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW). He was held at Stalag Luft I.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790784
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20273261 & O-790784
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-021528
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot; Group Commanding Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Linda Ball
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Argonaut III
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snoozin Susan
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kentucky Babe aka Ain’t it Gruesome
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jennie
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Spokane, WA, USA | 27 September 1941 | Jack Danby worked as a teacher before the war. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 31 December 1943 | |
Other Married Ann Hovila |
Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 30 July 1945 | At Fort Douglas chapel |
Born |
Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA | ||
Kootenai County, ID, USA | |||
Died |
Revisions
Correspondence with Maureen Danby Adams-Abbott
Also removed connection to 510th BS and replaced with connection to 509th BS. See missions linked to from this 351st BG web page: http://www.351st.org/loadlist/search.php?type=s&serial=O-728350
Wedding announcement in The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper published on Sunday, Aug 5, 1945 via newspapers.com
Correspondence with Jack Ellsworth Danby's daughter, Maureen Danby Adams-Abbott.
Also:
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1984 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database