Durborow, John B. – ww2 Europe

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant John B. Durborow.

Unit/Placed in, 733rd Bomber Squadron, 453rd Bomber Group, Heavy.

John is born on 24 February 1919 in Harrisburg, Pennylvania.

Father, Joseph P. Durborow.

Mother, Edith M. Durborow.

Sister(s), Edith and Mary Durborow.

Brother(s), Paul J. Bernhard and William Durborow.

John enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # O-811037.

John‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

1st Lt. August J Bergman Pilot

2nd Lt. John B Durborow Co-Pilot

2nd Lt. Richard L. Crown Navigator

2nd Lt. Kyle R Goff Bombardier

S Sgt. Calvert S Whitehurst Tail Gunner

Sgt. Fred L Fisher Ball Turret

S Sgt. Willis W. Cole Top Turret

S Sgt. Paul S Callinan Right Waist Gunner

T Sgt. James Dick Jr. Left Waist Gunner

John was KIA after the Mission when they were shot by enemy fighters and crashed, the plane was totally destroyed on 8 April 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, United States Aviator Badge Army ,American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org