Daniel L Finley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Daniel L. Finlay in Leiston.
Photo added, courtesy of Daniel Finley's niece
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Uefeln on 29 July 44 in P-51 #42-106843. He died while in captivity.
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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-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Round Trip Jr
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Olean, New York State, United States | 11 April 1919 | According to NARA's WW II Enlistment records, he was born in 1918 in New York State. His niece Jeanne supplied the right date and place. |
Enlisted |
Richmond, Virginia, United States | 19 March 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War - POW |
Germany | 29 July 1944 | |
Other DNB |
Germany | Died as a Prisoner of War, either during internment at Stalag Luft 3 or later, possibly during the forced-march that started on January 29, 1945 as POWs were ordered to leave Stalag Luft 3. | |
Buried |
Sherwood Burial Park, Salem, Virginia, United States |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7581
WWII Rockbridge County casualties at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305276/wwii-army-honor-list-virginia.pdf
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7581 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list