John Edelman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Crashed near Obergailach on 5 Jan 45 in B -17 'Little Joe, Jr' #42-97112, Returned (RTD).
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Peter Joseph Brennan
Military
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Taken somewhere near RAF Knettshall, Suffolk, England (where he was stationed).
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List of Bombing missions my grandfather kept (Peter J. Brennan). His first 10 missions were flown on the Oliver Smith, missions 11-33 flown on the John Edelman in the 561st Squadron (388th Bomb Group). He was a togglier.
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List of Bombing missions my grandfather kept (Peter J. Brennan). His first 10 missions were flown on the Oliver Smith, missions 11-33 flown on the John Edelman in the 561st Squadron (388th Bomb Group)
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Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan is kneeling down, with someone balancing a white thing on his head)
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Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan on bottom row, far right- on the end) This is the Othello Dale Smith Crew Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW.
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Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan is the 5th man, second from the right)
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Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW.
Service
People
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Othello Smith
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Units served with
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388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
561st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-97542 City of Savannah
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/12/43; Rochester 11/1/44; Langley 13/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 25/1/44; transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-B] Snetterton 26/1/44; 563BS/388BG Knettishall 27/1/44; Missing in Action Chemnitz 5/3/45 with Ralph Kittle, John Watkins,... -
43-38782
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 17/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 8/11/45.... -
43-39069
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 20/11/44; Grenier 3/12/44; Assigned 561BS/388 Knettishall 6/12/44 MY LIL BABY; Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman... -
44-6574
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 17/9/44; Grenier 1/10/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 3/10/44; Missing in Action Neuburg 9/4/45 with Rex Berwick, Earl Glancy, Nick Iannelli, Morris Thompson (4 Killed in Action);Warren Perkins, Lorenzo Arthur, Bob Hancock, Leroy... -
44-6582
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 13/8/44; Grenier 26/7/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 28/9/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 21/1/45 with Winfred Lenocker, Dick Jackson, Don Blair, Stan Roof, Lou Rotella, Bob Roth, Clayton McClelland, Jack Putnam, Heine Reiser (9... -
42-97328 Heaven's Above
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Gr Island 5/3/44; Grenier 22/3/44; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 23/3/44; on mission to ? 31/7/44 with E.F. Fowler (9 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Jim Wilkie (Killed in Action); taxi accident with Herbert Shule 3/5/45;...
Missions
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715
16 November 1944
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729
29 November 1944
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745
10 December 1944
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746
11 December 1944
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748
12 December 1944
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750
15 December 1944
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8th Air Force 760
24 December 1944
1. Decision. ... -
766
28 December 1944
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772
31 December 1944
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801
20 January 1945
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York | 15 February 1918 |
| Lived in | Brooklyn, NY | 16 October 1940 |
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3410 Avenue N |
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| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 – 30 March 1945 |
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10 missions - Othello Dale Crew |
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| Died | Brick, NJ | 12 October 2010 |
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PETER J. BRENNAN Peter J. Brennan, 92, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Mr. Brennan was a battalion chief for the Northern Manhattan District of the FDNY. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II, serving as a bombardier and completing 33 missions. Peter was an active communicant of St. Luke's Church, Toms River. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by all. Mr. Brennan is predeceased by his wife, Ann, in 1995. Peter is survived by his five children, Joseph Brennan, Joanne Rose, Patricia McCormack, Andrew Brennan and John Brennan; and 10 grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 at the D'Elia Funeral Home, Route 70 and Vermont Avenue, Lakewood. A Funeral Mass will be held at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15 at the St. Luke's Church, Toms River. Interment will take place at Ocean County Memorial Park, Toms River. |
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| Buried | 16 October 2010 | |
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Ocean County Memorial Park |
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Revisions
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| 02 October 2020 00:09:50 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, awards, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=19378814... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 April 2019 04:41:03 | bridgeymack | Changes to media associations |
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Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 April 2019 04:35:56 | bridgeymack | Changes to awards |
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My grandfather was awarded with 3 separate honors in his WWII tour. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 April 2019 05:01:26 | bridgeymack | Changes to media associations |
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My grandfather was a togglier in the 388th Bomb Group, 561st Squadron. His first 10 missions were flown on the Oliver Smith, missions 11-33 flown on the John Edelman. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 25 April 2019 04:55:54 | bridgeymack | Changes to media associations |
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Taken near where Peter was stationed (RAF Knettshall, Suffolk, England) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:26 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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