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Personal info

Full name
GURMAN, David Allen
Date of birth
29 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
12074462
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
349th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
Liepnitsee, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 35 16

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Gurman (father)
Dora Gurman (mother)
Stanley H. Gurman (brother)
Ans Pearl (grandmother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97806
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Now An' Then
Destination: Ruhland, Germany
Missio: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 8818

More information

T/Sgt David A. Gurman attended Cornell University and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Binghamton, New York on 2 April 1942.

The group in which this aircraft was flying was attacked by 50 to 70 enemy fighters. The aircraft was hit by 20 mm shells, one through the waste and another in the gas tank and caught fire.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Michel Beckers