Name:
Deane Julian Devars
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
18035421
Unit:
67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1979-02-08
State:
Nebraska
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Machine Gunner of the B-24D 41-23784 NB-R "Miss Dianne" shot down by an enemy fighter at 1402 on 8 mars 1943. Miss Dianne was returning to her base in Shipdham, Norfolk, after bombing the train station at Sotteville les Rouen. From Orleans, Nebraska. Taken prisoner to the Stalag 17 B in Braunau, Gneikendorf.
He died on February 8, 1979 at the age of 56 in Harris County, Texas but his current burial place is unknown.