Glynn Arthur Daufney

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13877.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06983722 / O-827689
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Duluth, MN 1 April 1924 Son of Louis J and Lillian [Martin] Daufney.

Died

Wilsnack, Germany 10 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 KIA MACR 13877.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thurleigh 10 April 1945 Assigned 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 32 Grave 19
Cleveland, OH Entered service from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13877 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database