1ST LT USAAF WWII
First Operational Training Unit
561st AAFBU Rosecrans Field MO
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command
Instructor Pilot
ASN O-519995
He was the son of Charles Roswell Daniel and Harriette Louise 'Hattie Lou' Blount. His siblings were Anne B Daniel, Asa H Daniel, Harriette W Daniel, and Mary R Daniel. He was married to Martha Eva H Daniel of Augusta, Georgia.
He enlisted in the Air Corps 11 September 1942 at Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia, and had completed four years of high school.
Along with WWII WASP Marie Ethel Sharon, he was killed in B-25D #41-29841 aircraft on a night flying instrument training mission near Tecumseh, Nebraska.
It was raining at the time of the crash. The plane crashed on the farm of John Murphy, close to his house, and did not catch fire. According to the accident report, the latch on the nose gear door failed, causing the door to come off and hit the propellors on the starboard engine. In conjunction with this, the engine appeared to have failed, thus causing the aircraft to enter into a steep dive.
First Operational Training Unit
561st AAFBU Rosecrans Field MO
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command
Instructor Pilot
ASN O-519995
He was the son of Charles Roswell Daniel and Harriette Louise 'Hattie Lou' Blount. His siblings were Anne B Daniel, Asa H Daniel, Harriette W Daniel, and Mary R Daniel. He was married to Martha Eva H Daniel of Augusta, Georgia.
He enlisted in the Air Corps 11 September 1942 at Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia, and had completed four years of high school.
Along with WWII WASP Marie Ethel Sharon, he was killed in B-25D #41-29841 aircraft on a night flying instrument training mission near Tecumseh, Nebraska.
It was raining at the time of the crash. The plane crashed on the farm of John Murphy, close to his house, and did not catch fire. According to the accident report, the latch on the nose gear door failed, causing the door to come off and hit the propellors on the starboard engine. In conjunction with this, the engine appeared to have failed, thus causing the aircraft to enter into a steep dive.
1ST LT USAAF WWII
First Operational Training Unit
561st AAFBU Rosecrans Field MO
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command
Instructor Pilot
ASN O-519995
He was the son of Charles Roswell Daniel and Harriette Louise 'Hattie Lou' Blount. His siblings were Anne B Daniel, Asa H Daniel, Harriette W Daniel, and Mary R Daniel. He was married to Martha Eva H Daniel of Augusta, Georgia.
He enlisted in the Air Corps 11 September 1942 at Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia, and had completed four years of high school.
Along with WWII WASP Marie Ethel Sharon, he was killed in B-25D #41-29841 aircraft on a night flying instrument training mission near Tecumseh, Nebraska.
It was raining at the time of the crash. The plane crashed on the farm of John Murphy, close to his house, and did not catch fire. According to the accident report, the latch on the nose gear door failed, causing the door to come off and hit the propellors on the starboard engine. In conjunction with this, the engine appeared to have failed, thus causing the aircraft to enter into a steep dive.
First Operational Training Unit
561st AAFBU Rosecrans Field MO
Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command
Instructor Pilot
ASN O-519995
He was the son of Charles Roswell Daniel and Harriette Louise 'Hattie Lou' Blount. His siblings were Anne B Daniel, Asa H Daniel, Harriette W Daniel, and Mary R Daniel. He was married to Martha Eva H Daniel of Augusta, Georgia.
He enlisted in the Air Corps 11 September 1942 at Daniel Field, Augusta, Georgia, and had completed four years of high school.
Along with WWII WASP Marie Ethel Sharon, he was killed in B-25D #41-29841 aircraft on a night flying instrument training mission near Tecumseh, Nebraska.
It was raining at the time of the crash. The plane crashed on the farm of John Murphy, close to his house, and did not catch fire. According to the accident report, the latch on the nose gear door failed, causing the door to come off and hit the propellors on the starboard engine. In conjunction with this, the engine appeared to have failed, thus causing the aircraft to enter into a steep dive.
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