Lee Green Bratcher

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-51729.jpeg UPL 51729 2nd Lt Lee G Bratcher, 324BS, 91BG

Object Number - UPL 51729 - 2nd Lt Lee G Bratcher, 324BS, 91BG

Assigned 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

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • 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

Places

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

Date
Changes
Sources

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.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

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.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8181

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