Daniel D DeButts
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 42-5071 while serving as Co-Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Nangis, France | 20 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed near Nangis, France. |
Born |
Orange County, FL, USA | ||
Buried |
Solers Cemetery No 1 |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography, added KIA event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 55, First Over Germany by Strong pp. 56, 58