FURMAN, RUSSEL MAX Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) J/17917//R96047. Born Decatur, Illinois, 28 Jan 1922. Killed in Action July 17, 1943 age 21. #207 Squadron (Semper Paratus). Lancaster aircraft #DV 183 was shot down over Cassolnova, Italy. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Pilot Officer Air Gunner Furman was buried at Cassolnova, exhumed, and reburied in the Milan War Cemetery, Milan, Italy. Aircraft reported as shot down by an Italian flagged Do 217 J-1 night fighter of 253 squadriglia, piloted by Capt. Aramis Ammannato.
FURMAN, RUSSEL MAX Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) J/17917//R96047. Born Decatur, Illinois, 28 Jan 1922. Killed in Action July 17, 1943 age 21. #207 Squadron (Semper Paratus). Lancaster aircraft #DV 183 was shot down over Cassolnova, Italy. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Pilot Officer Air Gunner Furman was buried at Cassolnova, exhumed, and reburied in the Milan War Cemetery, Milan, Italy. Aircraft reported as shot down by an Italian flagged Do 217 J-1 night fighter of 253 squadriglia, piloted by Capt. Aramis Ammannato.
Inscription
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gravesite Details
J/17917
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Records on Ancestry
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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Web: Canada, Virtual War Memorial Index, 1900-2014
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