Dan Boies McKay
Military
UPL 63012
UPL 63012
Capt Dan Boies “D.B.” McKay
Dan Boies McKay
Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5860 'Escape Kit. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, PH, POW, American campaign, EAME (BS), WWII Victory
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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: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729797
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Escape kit
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mangham, Louisiana | 8 June 1923 | Born Mangham, Louisiana |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 17 August 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland |
Died |
Mangham, Louisiana | 10 March 2013 | Died Mangham, Louisiana |
Buried |
Gwin Memorial Cemetery Mangham, Louisiana | 13 March 2013 | Interred Gwin Memorial Cemetery Mangham, Louisiana |