Larry C DeBruin
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F 42-5078 while serving as Left Waist Gunner. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Assigned to target submarine base at Lorient , AC was reported to have left formation to assist AC 42-2975 of the 306th BG which was attacked by fighters. The 306th bomber had joined the 305th formation after cloud cover had obscured their own squadrons. Fighters also attacked B-17 42-2975 which was shot down. Killed in Action (KIA)
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
30 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into the sea near Lorient, France. His remains were never recovered. | |
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Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56 No MACR