Frederick W Durand
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back row - Left to right :
1st Lt. Selansky - Navigator
1st Lt. Reginald L Carpenter - Command Pilot;
1st Lt. Edwin L Rumsey Jr. - Copilot;
2nd Lt. Berthel Swensson - Bombardier;
SSgt. Frederick W Durand - Gunner - KIA - Ploesti
Front row, left to right :
SSgt. Walter L Brown - Gunner
TSgt. Joseph F Manquen - Radio Operator
SSgt. Glenn O Higley - Assisstant Flight Engineer
TSgt. Vincent E Huenerberg - Flight Engineer
SSgt. Rollin C Looker - Assisstent Radio Operator
Best Web - B-24 - 41-24024 - Bewitching Witch
Object Number - UPL 13736 - Lt. Reginald Carpenter's crew in the 67th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force in Britain, 1942-43, before being temporarily...
The B-24 Aircraft Gunner SSgt. Fred Durand took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission on Ploesti, August, 1943, flying in the B-24D Liberator, 41-24024. The aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Ploesti and was limping home when caught and attacked by German fighters over the Ionian Sea. The plane was damaged and forced to ditch 127 km. North of Benghazi, Libya. Sgt. Durand was unable to escape his plane after it was ditched in the Mediterranean Sea, and was killed in Action (KIA). 1 Aug 1943.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Bewitching Witch
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in action |
1 August 1943 | ||
|
Born |
Gile, Montreal, WI, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15859
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15859, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 218