James E. McDaniel collection

Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2006 Box 2 (06.0075-06.0150), Folder: 06.0145 - Folder 1

Identifier: 06.0145

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection relates to James E. McDaniel who served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. He served in the 48th Bomb Group at Will Rogers Field and 15th Bomb Squadron Light 1st All American Unit. This collection contains flight notes, french paper money, a war department identification card, immunization papers, pay record, 32 black and white postcards from Italy, a photography book of Cambridge England, and a Paris transit park ticket.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1942-1944
Other: Date accessioned: 2006-07-17

Creator

McDaniel, James E. , 1920-1988 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical / Historical

James E. McDaniel was born on July 29th, 1920 in Holyoke, Colorado. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 48th Bomb Group at Will Rogers Field and 15th Bomb Squadron Light 1st All American Unit of plane and crews. The 15th Bomb Squadron Light 1st began the first air raids in Nazi territory in Holland and Germany, first mission on July 4, 1942, which began air war in Europe. He also served in Sicily, Corsica, southern France and the Italian mainland. He returned to the United States on the USS Mariposa from Naples, Italy in July 1944. He was honorably discharged September 7th, 1945. Following the war, McDaniel became a technical writer. McDaniel passed away on June 29th, 1988. He is buried at Rose Hill Burial Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Extent

1 folders (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Subjects

Bagnoli (Naples, Italy) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bombardiers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cagliari (Italy) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cambridge (England) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Grafton-Underwood (Eng.) Subject Source: Local sources
Identification Cards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Jacksonville (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Naples (Italy) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Paper money Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Paris (France) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Payrolls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sardinia (Italy) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Savannah (Ga.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army Air Forces
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings