Anthony Raymond Durante
Military
media-48998.jpeg
UPL 48998
Anthony Raymond Durante
Pilot
416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
USMA Class of 1943
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.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38190462
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Boomerang
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Moanin Gus
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Pretty Janet
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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 |