Daniel David Dudek
Military
Courtesy of Dennis Lithander
Object Number - UPL 50231 - Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany) Courtesy of Dennis Lithander
Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9636.
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: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18177193 / O-710865
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37706629
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33638093
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11093744 / O-723316
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097676
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bomber's Moon
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 23 April 1924 | Son of Martin and Catherine Dudek. |
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 1 February 1943 | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Other Baled out |
67480 Edenkoben, Germany | 19 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Mid air collision with B-24 42-94913, both A/C fell out of the sky. POW MACR 9636. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 19 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Sparrows Point, MD 21219, USA | 26 May 2005 | |
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Based |
Halesworth | 19 October 1944 | Assigned to 844BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Baltimore County MD | Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Baltimore County Maryland, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9635 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database