Earl Elias Brosius
Military ROLL OF HONOURNARA Ref 342-FH-3A10275-C61752AC
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-31423 'Jigger Rouche' 15-Aug-44; Crashed at NE of Bittburg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8168
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753982
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tatamy, PA | 14 January 1922 | Son of Clarence Leroy Brosius. |
Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 6 October 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
Died |
Oberkail, Germany | 15 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-31423 'Jigger Rouche' 15-Aug-44; Crashed at NE of Bittburg. KIA MACR 8168 |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Molesworth | 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot K Row 25 Grave 4 |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8168 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database