James W Daniels

Military

Shot down and crashed at Westhof on 8/25/44 in B-17 "Hamawa" #42-38054, Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38054

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Homawa | Holy Matrimony | Natasha
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of war		25 August 1944

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Prisoner of war

25 August 1944

Revisions

Date16 Aug 2021 18:34:46

Contributorjmoore43

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date9 May 2021 19:42:15

Contributorjmoore43

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:58

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8282