Jerome Brill
MilitaryAssigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7092
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31090487 / O-691465
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shoo Shoo Baby
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania | 7 March 1924 | Son of Joseph and Rose Brill. |
Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 24 March 1943 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
Other Baled out POW |
Vollenhove, Netherland | 29 June 1944 | Shot down by flak and crashed at Diek on 29-Jun-44 in B-24 42-51095. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7092 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
30 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Tallahassee, FL | 11 January 2010 | |
Buried |
Oakland Cemetery, Tallahassee, FL | 15 January 2010 | Oakland Cemetery Tallahassee, Leon County, FL |
Based |
Horsham St Faith | 29 June 1944 | Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/110471108-jerome-brill
https://www.fold3.com/record/527614997-jerome-brill-1924
https://www.458bg.com/crewarmour.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47809243/jerome-brill
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