Daniel Barnette Deason
MilitaryShot down 20 July 1944 in AC #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated. Honorably discharged 4 September 1945.
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Units served with
- 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: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694318
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38372191
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39559984
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39549755
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
22 December 1922 | in Kentucky, the son of Thomas T. and Velva Deason | |
Enlisted |
16 November 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana | |
Other force-landed |
20 July 1944 | in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, Holland | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 July 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow (Tychowo). | |
Died |
27 December 1999 | ||
Enlisted |
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Buried |
Daniel Deason rests at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Princeton, Indiana |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001, MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database