Durward Vandiver Suggs
Military
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14173829 and O-717895
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38482148
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13014029 and O-771844
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Arkansas, United States | 22 April 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, Texas, United States | 6 May 1941 | |
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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 |
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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.“ | |
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Died |
Lafayette, Lafayette County, Colorado, United States | 24 March 2004 | |
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Born |
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, United States | ||
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California, United States |
Revisions
Removed Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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