Peter J. Durban Jr.
World War II
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Service # 35340868
Unit: 532nd Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From: Ohio
Date of Death: January 21 1945
Buried: Plot C Row 6 Grave 44
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Madingley Road, Coton CB23 7PH, Cambridge, United Kingdom
B17 EGG HAID. Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid-air collision with 42-40011 " Schnozzle" returning from Aschaffenburg 2/1/45 with Jim Smith, Co-pilot: Bill Dernberger, Navigator: Chas Soper, Bombardier: Bernie McCudden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Durban Jr, Radio Operator: Virgil Gray, Ball turret gunner: Don Wilson, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Tail gunner: Walter Streich (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID.
World War II
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Service # 35340868
Unit: 532nd Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From: Ohio
Date of Death: January 21 1945
Buried: Plot C Row 6 Grave 44
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Madingley Road, Coton CB23 7PH, Cambridge, United Kingdom
B17 EGG HAID. Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid-air collision with 42-40011 " Schnozzle" returning from Aschaffenburg 2/1/45 with Jim Smith, Co-pilot: Bill Dernberger, Navigator: Chas Soper, Bombardier: Bernie McCudden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Durban Jr, Radio Operator: Virgil Gray, Ball turret gunner: Don Wilson, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Tail gunner: Walter Streich (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID.
Peter J. Durban Jr.
World War II
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Service # 35340868
Unit: 532nd Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From: Ohio
Date of Death: January 21 1945
Buried: Plot C Row 6 Grave 44
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Madingley Road, Coton CB23 7PH, Cambridge, United Kingdom
B17 EGG HAID. Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid-air collision with 42-40011 " Schnozzle" returning from Aschaffenburg 2/1/45 with Jim Smith, Co-pilot: Bill Dernberger, Navigator: Chas Soper, Bombardier: Bernie McCudden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Durban Jr, Radio Operator: Virgil Gray, Ball turret gunner: Don Wilson, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Tail gunner: Walter Streich (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID.
World War II
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Service # 35340868
Unit: 532nd Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From: Ohio
Date of Death: January 21 1945
Buried: Plot C Row 6 Grave 44
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Madingley Road, Coton CB23 7PH, Cambridge, United Kingdom
B17 EGG HAID. Delivered Cheyenne 7/12/43; Albuquerque 15/12/43; Kearney 4/1/44; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-K] Ridgewell 22/2/44; mid-air collision with 42-40011 " Schnozzle" returning from Aschaffenburg 2/1/45 with Jim Smith, Co-pilot: Bill Dernberger, Navigator: Chas Soper, Bombardier: Bernie McCudden, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Peter Durban Jr, Radio Operator: Virgil Gray, Ball turret gunner: Don Wilson, Waist gunner: Ralph Campbell, Tail gunner: Walter Streich (9 Killed in Action); crashed near base; Salvaged 2 SAD Watton, Nfk. EGG HAID.
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