Daniel Emmet Axtell

Military

Assigned to 96BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Flew 7 missions as a co-pilot and 1 mission as pilot from April 8th to 25th, 1945, and was awarded the Air Medal (G.O. #2771, Headquarters, 15th Air Force, 26 April 1945).

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Take It Easy
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kansas City, Missouri 27 June 1919 BornKansas City, Missouri

Enlisted

13 December 1941 Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet

Other

Discharged

8 November 1945 Honorably Discharged as a Captain

Died

Raymore, Missouri 31 August 2001 DiedRaymore, Missouri

Buried

Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum Kansas City, Missouri 3 September 2001 InterredMount Olivet Cemetery and MausoleumKansas City, Missouri

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Sources

Ancestry.com; NARA: USAF Award Cards; familysearch.org; 2ndbombgroup.org; 2ndbg.org