Tony Duca
Military
UPL 60807
UPL 60807
S/Sgt Tony Duca
Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 15AF Failed to Return (FTR) Verona 14-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31044; attacked by fighters, ditched off the coast off Calvi in Corsica. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2395
Awards: AM (6OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 12 April 1910 | Born Downingtown, Pennsylvania |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 August 1942 | Enlisted Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Off Calvi, Corsica | 14 February 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Off Calvi, Corsica |
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Italy | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence Italy |