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F/O Fred H. Daugherty attended the North State Teachers College at Denton, Texas. He was, when in Dalhart, an outstanding tennis player.

On a mission of March 24th 1945, a glider piloted by Flight Officer Fred H. Daugherty was carrying a load of high explosives. Lt. Walter Ray Chandler was his co-pilot. According to statements of several officers of this squadron who were flying immediately behind the glider piloted by F/O Daugherty and Lt. Chandler, just as they cut loose from the tow plane over the landing zone, it was struck by anti-aircraft fire causing the glider to explode in mid-air. The glider was too low for any of the occupants to have had an opportunity to parachute to safety and all witnesses agreed that the nature of the explosion made it impossible for anyone to escape alive. F/O Daugherty was never seen on the ground by any of the members of this organization and there has been no report of burial received to date of either man.