Dale K Canfield
MilitaryOn January 3, 1943 B-24D 41-23371 crashed near crossroads south of Puncheston returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. Copilot Canfield was killed and the only crew fatality although several others were hospitalized.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Puncheston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62, UK | 8 January 1943 | Died 8-Jan-43 from injuries received in a crash landing of the aircraft on return from a mission to Sr. Nazaire, France. |
Born |
Chapman, Kansas | ||
Buried |
Buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Plot D, Row 2, Grave 27. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Jan-2015. Added KOM event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey NBE; added SN, decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
44th BG/ 66th BS Shipdam 115 Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 61, MACR 3301, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy p. 38, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams p.27 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia