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| NAME: |
Dan M.
Williams |
| NICKNAME: |
Danny |
| RANK: |
Second
Lieutenant |
| BRANCH: |
USAC |
| STATUS: |
Civilian |
| SERVICE: |
4 years |
| DOB: |
17 August
1920 |
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| SERVICE
INFORMATION |
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| HOURS
FLOWN: |
649.77 |
| COMBAT
HOURS: |
58 |
| FLT/NCO
CLASS: |
42-K |
| SCHOOL: |
Georgia
Tech |
| MILITARY
SCHOOL: |
Aviation
Cadet |
| AVN
DESIGNATION: |
Pilot |
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| AIRCRAFT
INFORMATION |
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| AT-6 |
AT-9 |
AT-10 |
AT-17 |
| BT-13 |
B-17B/C/E/F |
PT-17 |
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| COMBAT
EXPERIENCE |
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| World
War II, Six bombing missions over Germany |
| Shot
down over Muenster 10 October 1943, POW
1943 |
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| UNIT
ASSIGNMENTS |
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Aviation
Cadet Training - 6 airfields |
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Four
engine transition |
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Crew
assignments: Gowen Field, ID; Rapid City,
SD; Spokane, WA; Pendleton, OR |
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96th
Bomber Group, England |
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| POSITIONS
HELD |
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| DECORATIONS |
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| Purple
Heart |
| Air
Medal [2] |
| ETO
Theater |
| Presidential
Unit Citation |
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| SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS |
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| Married
to Phyllis Williams and had three sons
(One son and one grandson currently in
military |
| Revisited
POW Prison Camps 50 years after being a
POW |
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