Lawrence Martin Brechbill
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Evreux in B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike' Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19112042 / O-762626
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39917230
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6556174
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35324835
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16152963 / O-711031
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scrappy Mike
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dekalb County, IN | 22 January 1916 | Son of Jacob S and Blanche Mable Brechbill. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana | 1 February 1941 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
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Died |
Saint-Clair-de-Halouze, France | 13 August 1944 | Crashed near Evreux in B-17 43-37848 'Scrappy Mike' Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8078 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Podington | 13 August 1944 | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lake View Cemetery Kendallville, Noble County, IN | Lake View Cemetery Kendallville, Noble County, IN |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8078 / MACR 8078, Countdown: 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany ISBN 0-945575-17-3 Copyright 1990 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Author describes him as West Point grad. Observations of plane being hit and overturning. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database