Gusar Donald

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Donald Gusar is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B17 42-30821 'The Sweetest One' Plaque

Name:

Donald Gusar

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

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Unit:

407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1943-11-13

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Washington Memorial Park, Mount Sinai, New York

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Donald Gusar was born in January 1919 in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. He enlisted on March 11, 1942, and received a commission on July 15, 1943.

Donald served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Navigator on the B17 #42-30821 'The Sweetest One' during World War II. He was Killed in Action on November 13, 1943, when his plane crashed near the village of Burton Dassett in England during a mission to Bremen. All ten airmen on board were killed. 2Lt Gusar is now buried in the Washington Memorial Park, Mount Sinai, Suffolk County, New York, USA.