David Daniel Danneman

Military

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose', Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038.



POW

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805199
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18051500
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12060630
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35518619
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1 August 1918

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA, USA 25 February 1942 Residence: Fulton County Private, Branch Immaterial

Other

Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK 5 August 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #64 dated 5 August 1943. One combat mission.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Near Krems Austria 14 October 1943 POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15.

Died

25 December 1967

Buried

Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Plot: LOT 21 SPACE 2

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Changed the location for the POW event per info from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA)

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1038 / MACR 1038, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database