Harry Daniels

Military

Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x missions. Baled out over North Sea on Duren mission when B-17 42-3312 'Sequatchiee' was hit by flak over Tilburg, Holland. Posted MIA. Killed in Action (KIA).

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

570th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Phillip Swafford

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-796096
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3312

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sequatchiee
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Places

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Netherlands American Cemetery

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Events

Event	Date	Description
Enlisted	28 July 1942	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	20 October 1943	Baled out over North Sea on Duren mission when B-17 42-3312 'Sequatchiee' was hit by flak over Tilburg, Holland. Posted MIA. Killed in Action (KIA).
Born
Based	20 October 1943	Assigned to 570BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried		Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery

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Date16 Nov 2023 07:07:17

Contributorjmoore43

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Date17 Aug 2021 09:19:24

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Date16 Aug 2021 18:30:58

Contributorjmoore43

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Date27 Mar 2018 20:13:15

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/page/86969494-harry-daniels/facts

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:16

ContributorAAM

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Combat Chronology Supplement, p. 373, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 510, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia