Danny Martin Crist

Military
media-56742.jpeg UPL 56742 Danny M. Crist and wife 'Toni'.

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Object Number - UPL 56742 - Danny M. Crist and wife 'Toni'.

Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97620. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. Liberated 29-Apr-45.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Joseph Forman Meacham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32026680 / O-742758
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97620

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Waco, Texas, USA 7 November 1920 Son of Martin Homer and Rosa Belle [Frizzell] Crist.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 10 November 1941 Dallas, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 24 April 1944 - 29 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Travis County, TX 6 April 1995

Buried

Cook-Walden Memorial Hill CemeteryAustin,Travis County, TX 10 April 1995 Cook-Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery Austin, Travis County, Texas

Based

Snetterton Heath 24 February 1944 Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAnita Crist
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FOUR YEARS  Danny Martin Crist   self published

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39423125/danny-martin-crist

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Danny Crist was my Dad

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/61779912-danny-m-crist
https://www.fold3.com/record/84781361-danny-m-crist
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39423125/danny-martin-crist

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My Dad's service record.

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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 4164 / MACR 4164; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 56742 - Danny M. Crist and wife 'Toni'.