Daniel A McColl
Military ROLL OF HONOUR![First Lieutenant Daniel A McColl, a navigator of the 303rd Bomb Group, enjoys a beer in the Officers Club Bar. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943' [stamp] and '257524.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '1st Lieut. (Navigator) Daniel A. McColl has taken part in 7 raids and been awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal. He has a drink after returning to his British base from another raid. Aged 27, and maried, McColl was educated at Ar](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-378851.jpg.webp?itok=gzZNoYLJ)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 983 - First Lieutenant Daniel A McColl, a navigator of the 303rd Bomb Group, enjoys a beer in the Officers Club Bar. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright...
McColl was aged 27 when this photo was taken, the son of a Republican state senator. He was married and had a 1-year-old son at home in Idaho. He was killed in May 1943, when his aircraft went into a spin and ditched into the North Sea. After his death, his wife Virginia worked in the local Safeway supermarket. Five years later, she remarried.
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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
- Nicknames: FDR's Potato Peeler Kids
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 14 May 1943 | |
| Idaho, USA | |||
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Buried |
Memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Brought in information from a second duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15593, http://303rdbg.com/rost-m.html#M
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15593, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 118 by Bishop & Hey, WW II National Memorial
1. Good quality family tree gives dates of birth and death: 1916-1943 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19049030/person/1017261186
2. KIA on his 35th mission, 14 May 1943 to Kiel, Bales’ crew, navigator
3. MACR 15593
4. Son of a Republican state senator Clark Alexander McColl
5. Newspaper articles from the Tarkio Avalanche 28 May 1943 and The Idaho Statesman 22 Nov 2008
MACR 15593 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
![First Lieutenant Daniel A McColl, a navigator of the 303rd Bomb Group, enjoys a beer in the Officers Club Bar. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943' [stamp] and '257524.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '1st Lieut. (Navigator) Daniel A. McColl has taken part in 7 raids and been awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal. He has a drink after returning to his British base from another raid. Aged 27, and maried, McColl was educated at Ar](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378851.jpg.webp?itok=3JDJStnx)