James Thomas Daniels

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Prisoner of War (POW).

Served also in Korea and Viet-Nam.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Philip Arthur Bowman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18108660
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Adelbert Earl Dorsett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12086632 at enlistment, then O-689520
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Jack Arlen Griffith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095755 at enlistment, then O-755181
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Francis Lawn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12054324 at enlistment, then O-695069
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward George Leininger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16059738 at enlistment, then O-793811
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-95091

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Caldwell, Georgia, USA 21 January 1924

Enlisted

13 October 1942 in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 May 1944 captured in Püttlingen, Germany, near the crash location of B-24 #42-95091

Other

Re-enlisted

15 November 1945 Ft McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, as a T/Sgt in the Air Corps

Died

24 March 1978

Buried

Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia
Cadwell, Georgia

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Air Medal card address

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 5260
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
VA Gravesite Locator

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5260 / MACR 5260/relative / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database