Anthony Raymond Durante

Military

media-48998.jpeg UPL 48998 Anthony Raymond Durante
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
USMA Class of 1943

Object Number - UPL 48998 - Anthony Raymond Durante Pilot 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF USMA Class of 1943

One of 18 members of the USMA Class of 1943 assigned directly to the 416th BG upon graduation.

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Providence, Rhode Island	12 July 1921
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Conches, France	7 March 1944
Other Final 416th BG Mission	Rouen, France	27 August 1944	Completed 58 combat missions with the 416th BG Lt. Anthony Durante, who has been with the Squadron since Lake Charles, was transferred to a Liaison Squadron near the front lines the first part of September. He had 53 missions to his credit and had come back more than once with a riddled plane. He is flying Cubs now and returned· to Wethersfield to see the old Squadron before it left for France. He said he liked his job, which consisted mainly of flying to Paris and back.
Died	Phoenixville, Pennsylvania	10 October 1989
Buried	West Point, New York	15 October 1989	United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, New York, USA Plot Section XIII, Row A, Sites 6-7.
Other Graduated	West Point, New York		United States Military Academy

Date11 Apr 2021 02:26:52

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