World War II Honoree

Donald Joseph Curtin

Hometown

Bronx, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON MAY 5, 1941 AT OTTAWA, ONTARIO. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO AND RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS A PILOT OFFICER ON DECEMBER 18, 1941. AWARDED BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND BAR. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 106 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK. I (W4886) CRASHED NEAR FURTH, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO NUREMBERG ON FEBRUARY 25, 1943. BURIED AT DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, DURNBACH, BAVARIA, GERMANY.