NAME: Dan M. Williams
NICKNAME: Danny
RANK: Second Lieutenant
BRANCH: USAC
STATUS: Civilian
SERVICE: 4 years
DOB: 17 August 1920

SERVICE INFORMATION

HOURS FLOWN: 649.77
COMBAT HOURS: 58
FLT/NCO CLASS: 42-K
SCHOOL: Georgia Tech
MILITARY SCHOOL: Aviation Cadet
AVN DESIGNATION: Pilot

AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

AT-6 AT-9 AT-10 AT-17
BT-13 B-17B/C/E/F PT-17

COMBAT EXPERIENCE

World War II, Six bombing missions over Germany
Shot down over Muenster 10 October 1943, POW 1943

UNIT ASSIGNMENTS

Aviation Cadet Training – 6 airfields
Four engine transition
Crew assignments: Gowen Field, ID; Rapid City, SD; Spokane, WA; Pendleton, OR
96th Bomber Group, England

POSITIONS HELD

1st Pilot

DECORATIONS

Purple Heart
Air Medal [2]
ETO Theater
Presidential Unit Citation

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

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