Patrick Harold Brabant

Military
media-37191.jpeg UPL 37191 1st Lt Patrick Harold Brabant 359BS, 303BG.

Object Number - UPL 37191 - 1st Lt Patrick Harold Brabant 359BS, 303BG.

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. After mission to V-weapons site at Beaumetz, France on 6 July 1944, landed at Molesworth in B-17G 42-97272, 'Duchess Daughter', where upon the CP raised the landing gear on roll out. RTD ETD.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791591
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38427396
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818877
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39568357
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33188183
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess Daughter
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eight Ball III
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cook County, IL 17 March 1922 Son of Edward and Anna B Brabant.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 12 October 1942

Died

Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela 19 April 1956 Fatal crash at Barcelona airport, Venezuela.

Buried

Warren Cemetery, Gurnee, IL Warren Cemetery Gurnee, Lake County, IL

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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