After being forced down near Salamaua on 30 April , he was captured and executed by the Japanese .
Seventeen Mile was renamed Durand after First Lieutenant Edward D. Durand , the first American fighter pilot shot down over New Guinea .
After being forced down near Salamaua on 30 April , Durand was captured and executed by the Japanese .
Seventeen Mile was renamed Durand after First Lieutenant Edward D. Durand , the first American fighter pilot shot down over New Guinea .