1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily DFC KIA
Hometown: Waterloo Iowa
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-740760
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt Wilhite, David L. KIA Owensboro, NY
Co-Pilot Maj Kenneth M. Caldwell, KIA Kansas City, KS
Target Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter: K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10KIA, 1EVD
The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft.
2nd/Lt later 1st/Lt Daily was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. On that mission he flew as co-pilot for Lt. Denton Crew 42-40751 Y- *TOUCH OF TEXAS 567th Squadron.
B24 TROUBLE with a different crew of the 44th BG was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level mission to destroy Romanian oil fields August 1 1943.
Lt Daily does not appear in MACR #1853 however there is a known grave Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium. Lt Daily is listed as KIA Jan 7 1944 with the 566th BS. This is the only 566th crew shot down on that day. He may have been KIA on another crew and that ship returned to Hethel. More research is needed.
The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD
Hometown: Waterloo Iowa
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-740760
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt Wilhite, David L. KIA Owensboro, NY
Co-Pilot Maj Kenneth M. Caldwell, KIA Kansas City, KS
Target Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter: K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10KIA, 1EVD
The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft.
2nd/Lt later 1st/Lt Daily was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. On that mission he flew as co-pilot for Lt. Denton Crew 42-40751 Y- *TOUCH OF TEXAS 567th Squadron.
B24 TROUBLE with a different crew of the 44th BG was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level mission to destroy Romanian oil fields August 1 1943.
Lt Daily does not appear in MACR #1853 however there is a known grave Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium. Lt Daily is listed as KIA Jan 7 1944 with the 566th BS. This is the only 566th crew shot down on that day. He may have been KIA on another crew and that ship returned to Hethel. More research is needed.
The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD
1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily DFC KIA
Hometown: Waterloo Iowa
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-740760
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt Wilhite, David L. KIA Owensboro, NY
Co-Pilot Maj Kenneth M. Caldwell, KIA Kansas City, KS
Target Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter: K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10KIA, 1EVD
The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft.
2nd/Lt later 1st/Lt Daily was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. On that mission he flew as co-pilot for Lt. Denton Crew 42-40751 Y- *TOUCH OF TEXAS 567th Squadron.
B24 TROUBLE with a different crew of the 44th BG was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level mission to destroy Romanian oil fields August 1 1943.
Lt Daily does not appear in MACR #1853 however there is a known grave Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium. Lt Daily is listed as KIA Jan 7 1944 with the 566th BS. This is the only 566th crew shot down on that day. He may have been KIA on another crew and that ship returned to Hethel. More research is needed.
The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD
Hometown: Waterloo Iowa
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-740760
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt Wilhite, David L. KIA Owensboro, NY
Co-Pilot Maj Kenneth M. Caldwell, KIA Kansas City, KS
Target Ludwigshafen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 1853
Date Lost: 7-Jan-44
Serial Number: 42-41013
Aircraft Model B-24D-125-CO
Aircraft Letter: K-
Aircraft Name: TROUBLE
Location: Bolbec, France
Cause: German (Fw190) Fighters 10KIA, 1EVD
The 389th BG flies home alone over France. German fighters make repeated attacks and the group loses four aircraft.
2nd/Lt later 1st/Lt Daily was a recipient of the Distinguished flying cross for his participation in the Ploesti raid "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1st 1943. On that mission he flew as co-pilot for Lt. Denton Crew 42-40751 Y- *TOUCH OF TEXAS 567th Squadron.
B24 TROUBLE with a different crew of the 44th BG was a veteran of "Operation Tidal Wave" the low level mission to destroy Romanian oil fields August 1 1943.
Lt Daily does not appear in MACR #1853 however there is a known grave Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium. Lt Daily is listed as KIA Jan 7 1944 with the 566th BS. This is the only 566th crew shot down on that day. He may have been KIA on another crew and that ship returned to Hethel. More research is needed.
The "TROUBLE " Crew
Major Kenneth M. Caldwell Command Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
Capt David L. Wilhite Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Wendell L. Daily Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. Harold Roodman Navigator KIA
1st/Lt James J. McConnell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Harold L. Saunders Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel W. Flatter Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. George R. Caplinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles A. De Witt Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Max J. Snyder Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert H. Sweatt Gunner EVD
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Iowa.
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