Vern A Brenn

Military

Crashed in B-24H #42-7549 'The Shark' at Woodchurch airfield, Kent after losing one engine enroute and another on the return from a mission to Friedrichshafen, GR on 16 Mar 1944 and then running out of fuel over the English coast. RTD.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-7549

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Shark
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces