Edward W Durant
Military ROLL OF HONOUR26-Jul-42 Assigned as Aerial Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 [PU-H] "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK, aboard "Garbage".
11-Nov-42 as a Waist Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 'Garbage', the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with RAF Anson EF939, and made a forced "belly" landing at Luton, UK. There were no injuries but the aircraft was Damaged Beyond Repair and eventually salvaged for parts. Poor weather conditions contributed to accident on landing 'Garbage'.
3-Jan-43 Shot down in B-17F 41-24620 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' while serving as Right Waist Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Participated in 4 Operations. See Biography events.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ooold Soljer
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Garbage
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iza Vailable
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
26 July 1942 | Assigned as an Aerial Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. | |
Other Arrived in UK |
16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as a Waist Gunner aboard B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS. | |
Other Aircraft Accident |
11 November 1942 | While serving as a Waist Gunner of B-17F 41-24563 "Garbage", 303BG/360BS on a training mission, the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an RAF aircraft and forced to make a belly landing at Luton, UK. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. | |
Other Mission #1, SSGT Edward W. Durant, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
17 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner of B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljor", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. | |
Other Mission #2, SSGT Edward W. Durant, w/B-17F 41-24559, 303BG/360BS |
18 November 1942 | Served as Tail Gunner of B-17F 41-24559 "Ooold Soljor", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. | |
Other Mission #3, SSGT Edward W. Durant, w/B-17F 42-2973, 303BG/360BS |
30 December 1942 | Served as Right Waist Gunner of B-17F 42-2973 "Iza Vailable", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. | |
Other Mission #4, SSGT Edward W. Durant, w/B-17F 41-24620, 303BG/360BS - KIA |
3 January 1943 | Served as Right Waist Gunner of B-17F 41-24620 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down and he was Killed in Action (KIA). | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from AA fire and enemy aircraft and crashed into the Forest of Escoublac, France west of St. Nazaire. | |
Buried |
Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot L, Row 14, Grave 2. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Aircraft Accident event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I. Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added Assigned to AIrcraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 27-Jan-2016. Added iniial assignment and promotion info to Summary Biography; made connections to AIrcraft and Missions per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Arthur I Adams crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-adams.html
Lee Cunningham 15-Jan-2015. Added SN, KIA event and crew position per MACR 15464; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; added crew position to biography per MACR 15464.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15464 / MACR 15464, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 46 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database