Mike Duran

Military
media-41768.png UPL 41768 Dog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477

Object Number - UPL 41768 - Dog Tag from KU-3248 : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147904477

Mike Duran was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #44-8208, shot down on the Merseburg mission 2 November 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35350761
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-766343
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13062522 at enlistment, then O-695717
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Radar Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

27 March 1921 Boyceville, Wisconsin

Enlisted

15 October 1942 Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

2 November 1944 Captured near Elsdorf, a few kilometers North of Köthen, Germany. Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 26 May 1945.”

Died

29 September 2009 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

Born

Los Angeles, California

Buried

Mike Duran rests at the Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Associated MEDIA

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NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2902
NARA - Captured German records - KU-3248
WWII Draft Card
VETERANS BIRLS Death File
VA Grave Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10143 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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