Louis Bridda
Military
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Object Number - UPL 52079 - Louis Bridda, 1943
Assigned to 365BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-3550; shot down 14-Oct-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 921
Missions: 12-Oct-43 Danzig; 13-Oct-43 France; 14-Oct-43 Schweinfurt.
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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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 365th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Expedite PA | 22 October 1920 | Son of Sebastian and Orsela Bridda. |
| Alemeda NAS, Alemeda, CA | 14 February 1942 | Employed at Alemeda, Naval Air Station. (Draft registration record) | |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 24 October 1942 | San Francisco, California |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 14 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
|
Other Discharged USAAF |
24 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Snowflake, AZ | 7 September 2015 | |
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Buried |
Taylor Cemetery Taylor, Navajo County, AZ | 10 September 2015 | Taylor Cemetery Taylor, Navajo County, Arizona |
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Based |
Chelveston | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 365BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 921 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 921
