Douglas Keith Deurmyer
Military ROLL OF HONOURaddition to original post
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincannon, Somerset. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20236274 / O-814519
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Memorial
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lincoln, NE | 8 April 1922 | Son of Walter L and Cecile Marie [McGonegal] Deurmyer. |
Enlisted |
Spokane, WA | 23 December 1942 | Spokane, Washington |
Died |
Wincanton, UK | 25 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958 'Old Faithful' 25-Jun-44; crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincannon, Somerset. KIA |
Buried |
26 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. | |
Buried |
Nashville National Cemetery Madison, Davidson County, TN | 29 June 1949 | Re-Interred Nashville National Cemetery Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/717086370/deurmyer-douglas-keith-us-vetera…
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3185802/douglas-keith-deurmyer
Thomas J Edington, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th page 442