Daniel J Burke Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 76TC Sqn 435TC Group, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) resupply mission to Marcouray, Belgium in C-47B 43-48407 hit by ground fire and 88mm flak on run into DZ, after being hit, pulled A/C up and out of formation with smoke and flames pouring from the cockpit to allow crew to bale out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10695.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 435th Troop Carrier Group 76th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054171 / O-799106
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 434th Troop Carrier Group 76th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Welford Park
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Freeport, PA 16229, USA | 5 October 1916 | Son of Daniel J and Katherine [Purcell] Burke. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 21 September 1942 | |
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Other Shot down |
6987 Marcouray, Belgium | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) resupply mission to Marcouray, Belgium in C-47B 43-48407 hit by ground fire and 88mm flak on run into DZ, after being hit, pulled A/C up and out of formation with smoke and flames pouring from the cockpit to allow crew to bale out. POW. MACR 10695. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Allegheny County, PA, USA | 9 June 2007 | |
| Butler, PA, USA | |||
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Based |
Welford | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 76TC Sqn 435TC Group, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Herman, PA 16002, USA | Saint Marys Cemetery Herman Butler County Pennsylvania, USA |