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
- 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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12191064
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803584
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808455
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064663
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Joplin, MO | 26 July 1922 | Joplin, Missouri, USA. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Based |
31 December 1943 | Assigned to 535th BS, 381st BG, 8th AF USAAF. | |
| Missouri, USA | Missouri, USA | ||
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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