Durward Vandiver Suggs

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media-20060.jpeg UPL 20060 Durward V. Suggs (Perrin, Greene family collection, via J. Ross Greene, nephew of Bombardier Ross W. Perrin and author of "A Fortress and a Legacy)

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Object Number - UPL 20060 - Durward V. Suggs (Perrin, Greene family collection, via J. Ross Greene, nephew of Bombardier Ross W. Perrin and author of "A Fortress and a Legacy)

Durward Suggs was a Right Waist Gunner in the 381st Bomb Group / 532nd Bomb Squadron. Captured on 11 December 1944 in Mannheim-Käfertal, Germany after the crash the same day of B-17G #43-38780 on the Squadron’s mission to bomb the bridge over the Rhine at Mannheim, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16002193 and O-886725
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33560548 and O-722281
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18123654
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38468543
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19042579
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 11 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Arkansas, United States 22 April 1919

Enlisted

Dallas, Texas, United States 6 May 1941

Other

Made a Prisoner of War (POW)

Käfertal, Mannheim, Germany 11 December 1944 Captured in Käfertal, a suburb of Mannheim on the day of the crash of B-17G # 43-38780

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

11 December 1944 Interned in Germany, reportedly in Stalag Luft 1. NARA WWII POW Records : “Returned to Military control 17 October 1945.“

Died

Lafayette, Lafayette County, Colorado, United States 24 March 2004

Born

Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, United States

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California, United States

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Removed Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

 

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MACR 11341
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 11341 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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