Arthur Anthony Durante

Military

Shot down and crashed W of St Dizier, Fance on a mission to Augsburg, Germany on 16 March 1944 in B-17G #42-32096. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Daniel F Carroll

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Walter I Chudleigh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Kenneth P Downie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

George W Freas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751117
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-32096

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 April 1920 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

24 February 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Bailed out

16 March 1944 over France, after his B-17 Serial 42-32096 was shot down

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

16 March 1944 - 29 April 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 3. Force-marched from there at the end of January 1945 Liberated in Stalag 7A Moosburg by US troops

Died

9 May 2004 Savannah, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts

Buried

Arthur Durante rests at the Walton Cemetery, Delray, Texas

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3187
WWII Draft Registration Card
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans' BIRLS File
VA Gravesite Locator

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3187 / MACR 3187, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database