Theodore Carter Brewer
MilitaryTed Brewer enlisted in the Army Air Corps a week after Pearl Harbor, aged 19 years. He served with the 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron in French Morocco, Tunisia, Castelvetrano -Sicily (taking part in Operation Husky). The unit was then assigned to RAF Saltby where they trained for D-Day. He was awarded the Air Medal for outstanding performance of duty in the Sicilian campaign and the Oak Leaf Cluster for his service during Operation Market Garden. He died in 1976.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Witch Hazel
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 September 1944
- Date: 6 June 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Poix
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 Box # 0800 Film Reel 1.73
"Men Will Come": A History of the 314th Troop Carrier Group 1942-1945 by Colonel Mark C. Vlahos
Sources:
"Men Will Come": A History of the 314th Troop Carrier Group 1942-1945 by Colonel Mark C. Vlahos
US NARA Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 #0080 / 1.73