AIRPLANE MECHANIC
Pfc. Duane G. Waters has been graduated as an airplane mechanic from the B-24 Liberator bomber mechanic’s school at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. Pfc. Watters is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Waters, Route 3.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, November 19, 1943, Page 7
REPORTED MISSING in AIR COMBAT
Cpl. Duane G. Waters, overseas since Nov. 2, has been reported missing in action over Germany.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Waters, 706 Third street, he was serving as first engineer and gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 15th air force based in Italy.
Prior to entering the service, he was employed by the Omaha News company. He was graduated from Abraham Lincoln high school in 1942.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, November 16, 1944, Page 5
HEAR SON MADE GERMAN PRISONER
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Waters, 706 Third street, have received word that their son, Sgt. Duane G. Waters is a prisoner of war of the German government.
Sgt. Waters, reported missing on Nov. 20, was an aerial engineer and waist gunner on a B-24 Liberators bomber with the 15th air force in Italy.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Wednesday, January 17, 1945, Page 5
RECEIVE WORD of SON’S LIBERATION
S. Sgt. Duane Waters, who has been a prisoner in Germany since Nov. 20, 1944, has been liberated from a prison camp, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Waters, 706 Third street. In his message he said he was in good health and expected to be home soon.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, June 01, 1945, Page 7
ON THEIR WAY HOME
Liberated and en route home are S. Sgt. Duane Waters, 2nd Lt. Chris Dinkel and Sgt. James Boatright.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, June 10, 1945, Page 10
FORMER PRISONERS at SAN ANTONIO
Four residents of Council Bluffs, all former prisoners of war, recently reported to the AAF personnel distribution command at San Antonio, Tex., for processing prior to reassignment or return to civilian life. They are:
1st. Lt. Louis Eugene Telpner, a bombardier, 781 Madison avenue, who flew18 combat missions against the Germans before being shot down. He was overseas 20 months and wears the air medal with two oak leaf clusters.
Sgt. Duane G. Waters, 706 Third street, who flew on five combat missions as an engineer. He formerly attended Abraham Lincoln high school and worked for the Omaha News company.
Sgt. Walter A. Townsend, 216 South Twenty-eighth street, who flew as armor-gunner on a B-17.
Sgt. Peter J. Fischer, 2330 South Tenth street, was a gunner on a Flying Fortress. He attended St. Francis high school and Tabor college before enlisting in the army air corps.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, September 16, 1945, Page 2
