Lee Green Bratcher
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17 43-38000 while serving as Bombardier. Aircraft was attacked by fighters, set on fire, bomb load detonated and aircraft disintegrated in mid-air. Aircraft crashed near Lehna, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8181
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819552
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Loving, TX | 26 January 1916 | Son of Ollan and Etha [McCluer] Bratcher. |
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 15 December 1941 | Dallas, Texas |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lehna, 37308 Schimberg, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters, set on fire, bomb load detonated and aircraft disintegrated in mid-air. Remains of aircraft fell near Lehna, Germany. |
Buried |
Loving Cemetery Loving, Young County, TX | Loving Cemetery Loving, Young County, Texas | |
Other Flight training |
Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, TX | Basic flight training - Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. | |
Other Flight training |
Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX | Primary flight training - Randolph Field, San Antonio | |
Other Specialist training |
Killington Field, Houston, TX | 28 January 1943 | Received his bombardier training and his wings, Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. Killington Field in Houston, Texas. |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 16 August 1944 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Hillsboro, TX | Husband of Doris C Bratcher. |
Revisions
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 8181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Correction of some typographical errors.
Lee Cunningham 16-Dec-2014. Added SN, KIA event, crew position in biography and BS connection per MACR 8181. Added KIA and Burial event and details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to BS, Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data. Converted date in biography to military-style signification. COMBINED entry, born data is correct.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8181