Entered the service from Pennsylvania
T/Sgt Joseph Danis Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Squadron: 565th 389th Bomb Group,
Service # 13132354
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st Lt William Powers MIA/KIA
Target:Politz.
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:5926
Date Lost: 20-Jun-44
Serial Number: 42-100351
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Cause: Mid Air Collision 8 KIA, 2 POW
Location: Langeland Denmark
389th BG loses three aircraft to enemy action, and three more heavily damaged aircraft land in Sweden on this mission.
On its way to the target 42-100351 collided with B 24H 42-95144 that was flying below it. 42-95144 lost its tail and went into a spinning dive. 42-100351 lost a propeller but otherwise seemed intact and was trailing a white vapor, probably gas or oil. After a short time it rolled over and began to spin until it hit the water approximately 2 kilometers southeast of Kelsnor on the island of Langeland at 09:50 hour.S/Sgt John H. Danneker and S/Sgt Jessie C. Vancil are believed to have gone down with the ship.
Sergent Danis's body was not recovered, his name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. According to MACR although Sgt. Danis has no known grave his body is assumed to have been recovered by the Germans.
42-100351 Crew
Lt. William Powers Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Oscar J. Boudreaux Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt . Milton L. Hymes Jr. Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt . Robert T. McCollum Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Joseph Danis Jr. Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Brenton W. Baker Radio Op.MIA/KIA
Sgt. Richard P. Gordon Gunner KIA
S/Sgt John H. Danneker Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Richard P. Gordon Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert W. Holly Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Jessie C. Vancil Gunner MIA/KIA
Entered the service from Pennsylvania
T/Sgt Joseph Danis Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Squadron: 565th 389th Bomb Group,
Service # 13132354
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st Lt William Powers MIA/KIA
Target:Politz.
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:5926
Date Lost: 20-Jun-44
Serial Number: 42-100351
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Cause: Mid Air Collision 8 KIA, 2 POW
Location: Langeland Denmark
389th BG loses three aircraft to enemy action, and three more heavily damaged aircraft land in Sweden on this mission.
On its way to the target 42-100351 collided with B 24H 42-95144 that was flying below it. 42-95144 lost its tail and went into a spinning dive. 42-100351 lost a propeller but otherwise seemed intact and was trailing a white vapor, probably gas or oil. After a short time it rolled over and began to spin until it hit the water approximately 2 kilometers southeast of Kelsnor on the island of Langeland at 09:50 hour.S/Sgt John H. Danneker and S/Sgt Jessie C. Vancil are believed to have gone down with the ship.
Sergent Danis's body was not recovered, his name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. According to MACR although Sgt. Danis has no known grave his body is assumed to have been recovered by the Germans.
42-100351 Crew
Lt. William Powers Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Oscar J. Boudreaux Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt . Milton L. Hymes Jr. Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt . Robert T. McCollum Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Joseph Danis Jr. Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Brenton W. Baker Radio Op.MIA/KIA
Sgt. Richard P. Gordon Gunner KIA
S/Sgt John H. Danneker Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. Richard P. Gordon Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Robert W. Holly Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Jessie C. Vancil Gunner MIA/KIA
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