John Warren Danielsen
MilitaryShot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base. Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3328 'Miss Fortune', Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1943
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jersey City, NJ | 25 October 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 3 August 1942 | |
Other Shot Down/Ditched/Rescued |
Med. Sea, 13 miles off the coast of Annaba (Bone), Algeria | 17 August 1943 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Vorsundern, Germany | 10 October 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gneixendorf, Austria | 16 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 (dates are approximate) |
Died |
Simi Valley, CA | 13 April 1991 | |
Buried |
Westlake Village, CA | Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Revisions
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=534637
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139436235/john-warren-danielsen
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/37408730:60901?indiv=…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5180&h=1682247…
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/33599970/person/240069…
http://5085.sydneyplus.com/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US
Added a middle initial, a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-3328 & #42-3310 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 396; MACR 861, cousin 2009 Nov