Richard LeRoy Daniels

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37997.jpeg UPL 37997 2nd Lt Richard L. Daniels (in the Snyder crew)

From the crew photo UPL 17044

Object Number - UPL 37997 - 2nd Lt Richard L. Daniels (in the Snyder crew)

Richard Daniels was a Bombardier in the 306th Bomb Group/369th Bomb Squadron. Hit in the upper arm on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. The Fortress was shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

People

Albert A Adams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748164 / O-742818
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert J Benninger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685369
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Louis J Colwart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18151729
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

George William Eike

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748164
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Roy K Holbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34036012
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-31499

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Susan Ruth
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA 1 April 1920

Enlisted

3 October 1941 as a Private in the Air Corps, in Newark, New Jersey

Other

Hit in upper arm

8 February 1944 on board B-17 42-31499

Other

captured

8 February 1944 by the Germans a short time after having landed in parachute in the vicinity of Macquenoise, Belgium

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Prisoner of War (POW)

8 February 1944 Transported to a Luftwaffe hospital in Brussels, Belgium; interned at the Offlag IXA/H in Spangenberg (25km SE of Kassel), Germany. Repatriated to the US in a Prisoner Exchange Program through the International Red Cross

Other

Honorably discharged

1 August 1947

Died

20 September 1983 Los Angeles County, California
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Other

Shipped back to the US via Sweden

21 February 1945 he was on board the Swedish Hospital ship "Gripsholm" (together with fellow crew member Joseph Musial and 78 Canadian servicemen and about 700 civilians, most of American nationality), arriving in New York harbor on 21 February 1945

Buried

Montebello, Los Angeles County, California, USA Resurrection Cemetery

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the burial location per the info in the burial Description field.

Date
ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2493
VETERANS BIRLS files

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2493 / MACR 2493, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Richard LeRoy Daniels: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 17044 - Howard Snyder (B-17 Susan Ruth) Crew Picture Back...

Object number: UPL 37997 - 2nd Lt Richard L. Daniels (in the Snyder crew)