Tony served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 Flying Fortress "Her Did" (#42-31044), 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
Tony was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.
Tony was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.
Robert is interred in an unknown location somewhere in the U.S.
Service # 37331759
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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):
Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
Tony was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.
Tony was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.
Robert is interred in an unknown location somewhere in the U.S.
Service # 37331759
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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):
Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Tony served as a Staff Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-17 Flying Fortress "Her Did" (#42-31044), 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
Tony was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.
Tony was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.
Robert is interred in an unknown location somewhere in the U.S.
Service # 37331759
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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):
Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
Tony was originally declared "Missing In Action", along with two other airmen, over northern Italy during a mission. The pilot of Robert's B-17, 2nd Lt. Frank G. Chaplick, reported that Robert and two other airmen were killed during an attack by German Fighter planes. 2nd Lt. Chaplick landed his damaged B-17 in the water. He and the others on the flight were able to escape on the water and the B-17 eventually sank.
Tony was decorated with an Air Medal with Six Oak Leaf Clusters and a Purple Heart.
Robert is interred in an unknown location somewhere in the U.S.
Service # 37331759
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Airmen lost on B-17 (#42-31044):
Duca, Tony, S/Sgt, Pennsylvania
Householder, Robert H., T/Sgt, Colorado
Murphy, George J., S/Sgt, Delaware
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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