Eyewitness statement, page 14: GEORGE A. DANIELS JR · 21 January 1945
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CASUALTN QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name GEORGE A. DANIELS JR. Rank IST.LI. Serial No 0-2057273
2. Organizstion 483 Go Commande) BARTEWANK Col Sqn CO, MAJOR
,B.G.(H) PAUL L.
B.S.(H) (full name)
(full name)
3. What 1945 month JANUARY day 21 did you go down?
year
4.
What was the mission, WIEN AUSTRIA target, LOBALI OIL REFINERKarget
t ime, ABOUT ILNOON infinitude, 28,500
route scheduled,
,route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation? SOUTHERN AUSTRIA - OVER THE ALPS
6. Did you
bail out? No
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
No
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". ENTIRE CREW STAYED
WITH SHIP. WE MADE A CRASH -ENDING EVERYBODY
CAME OUT O.K.
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground? ABOUT LOKILOMETERS NORTHAND
A LITTLE WEST OF BANJALWA VUBOVLAUIA. COOPDINAES
45°05'N - -770207E
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
ALL (10)
11.
Where
were
they
in aircraft? RADIOKOOM + FUGHT DECK
12.
What was their condition? PHYSICALLYO. BUT MENTALLY SNAKEN UP. NERVOUS
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? WE WERE ALL EVACUATED TOGETHER LAST
SEEN IN ITALY PRIOR TO RETURN TO THE ZONE
OF THE INTERIOR. ALL LOOKED A BIT UNDERFED
RELIEVED, BUT STILL UNDER ANERUOUS STRAIN.
THIS WAS IN NAPLES, I TALY - APRIL 15,1943.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. PRiOR TO our EVACUUTION
FROM YUGOSLAVIA WE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 13
MORE AMERICANS. TWO HAVING BEEN HEMA ERS OF , A
B-24 CREW ON THE JAN 15,1945 Mission TO WIEN.
THEY WERE S4Y. LAMEY a WHETSTONE AND CPC RESERT c. HOVE BOTH
OF THE KSK TH B.G.(N). THE OTHER ELEVENCIAL MEN WERE
FROM it B-24 THATGET INTO TRAIBIE AN THE WIEN RAID
(OVER)
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF
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CASUALTN QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name GEORGE A. DANIELS JR. Rank IST.LI. Serial No 0-2057273
2. Organizstion 483 Go Commande) BARTEWANK Col Sqn CO, MAJOR
,B.G.(H) PAUL L.
B.S.(H) (full name)
(full name)
3. What 1945 month JANUARY day 21 did you go down?
year
4.
What was the mission, WIEN AUSTRIA target, LOBALI OIL REFINERKarget
t ime, ABOUT ILNOON infinitude, 28,500
route scheduled,
,route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation? SOUTHERN AUSTRIA - OVER THE ALPS
6. Did you
bail out? No
7. Did other members of crew bail out?
No
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
give facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge". ENTIRE CREW STAYED
WITH SHIP. WE MADE A CRASH -ENDING EVERYBODY
CAME OUT O.K.
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground? ABOUT LOKILOMETERS NORTHAND
A LITTLE WEST OF BANJALWA VUBOVLAUIA. COOPDINAES
45°05'N - -770207E
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires)
ALL (10)
11.
Where
were
they
in aircraft? RADIOKOOM + FUGHT DECK
12.
What was their condition? PHYSICALLYO. BUT MENTALLY SNAKEN UP. NERVOUS
13. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above? WE WERE ALL EVACUATED TOGETHER LAST
SEEN IN ITALY PRIOR TO RETURN TO THE ZONE
OF THE INTERIOR. ALL LOOKED A BIT UNDERFED
RELIEVED, BUT STILL UNDER ANERUOUS STRAIN.
THIS WAS IN NAPLES, I TALY - APRIL 15,1943.
14. Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. PRiOR TO our EVACUUTION
FROM YUGOSLAVIA WE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 13
MORE AMERICANS. TWO HAVING BEEN HEMA ERS OF , A
B-24 CREW ON THE JAN 15,1945 Mission TO WIEN.
THEY WERE S4Y. LAMEY a WHETSTONE AND CPC RESERT c. HOVE BOTH
OF THE KSK TH B.G.(N). THE OTHER ELEVENCIAL MEN WERE
FROM it B-24 THATGET INTO TRAIBIE AN THE WIEN RAID
(OVER)
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF
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