Archie Fremont Daniels Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 51802 - F/O Archie Fremont Daniels Jr, 78FG
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Great Hormead, Herfordshire after take-off on a combat mission apparently due to poor weather on 11-Feb-44 in P-47 42-7963. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Dawson County Nebraska
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 June 1920 | Son of Archie F and Stella M [Barr] Daniels. | |
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Enlisted |
31 August 1943 | Illinois | |
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Died |
11 February 1944 | Crashed near Great Hormead, Herfordshire after takeoff on a combat mission apparently due to poor weather on 11-Feb-44 in P-47 42-7963. Killed in Action (KIA). | |
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Buried |
12 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Born |
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Sources
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
