James Denton Brokaw
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 27727 - 2nd Lt James D Brokaw 343FS, 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to airfields in Central France in P-51D 44-13665. Reported a cooling leak when flying at 20,00ft, later reporting engine was on fire and that he was baling out. Crashed approx 1900hrs near a farm called Ferme Grange-Coeuret near Brumetz, 11 miles west-north west of Chateau-Thierry, France. Killed in Action (KIA). 30-Jul-44. MACR 7577.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Palmyra, NY 14522, USA | 10 May 1921 | Son of Clarence Denton and Gladys Birdsall [Hennessey] Brokaw. |
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Enlisted |
Rochester, NY, USA | 27 June 1942 | |
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Other Based |
North Island Naval Air Station (Halsey Field), San Diego, CA 92135, USA | 1 March 1944 | Assigned to 330FS, 329FG. |
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Other Crashed |
Wormingford, UK | 8 July 1944 | Take Off Accident Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 5 damage Lt James D Brokaw, 8-Jul-44. P-38J 42-68020 - 343FS 55FG 8AF. |
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Other Crashed |
Thorpe-le-Soken, UK | 10 July 1944 | Crashed Belly Landing out of Fuel Thorpe Le Soken Cat 3 damage Lt James D Brokaw, 10-Jul-44. P-51C10 43-24961 - 343FS 55FG 8 |
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Died Prisoner of War (POW) |
Brumetz, France | 30 July 1944 - 30 July 1944 | Crashed near Brumetz on 30-Jul-44 in P-51D 44-13665. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7577. |
| Wayne County, MI, USA | |||
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Based |
Wormingford | 30 July 1944 | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Other Transferred |
Wormingford, UK | 30 July 1944 | Transferred to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Palmyra, NY 14522, USA | Memorialised Palmyra Cemetery Palmyra Wayne County New York, USA |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7577 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
