Donald Nile Holbrook
Military
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UPL 37479
S/Sgt Donald N Holbrook receiving Distinguished Flying Cross medal, 1 of 2 awarded.
Donald N Holbrook
Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Borman crew. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069513 / O-693606
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mapleton, MN | 10 April 1917 | Son of Nile Harold and Layette M [Johnson] Holbrook. |
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 16 February 1943 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Other Discharged USAAF |
10 October 1945 | ||
Died |
Mankato, MN | 9 November 1983 | |
Buried |
Minneopa Cemetery, Mankato, MN | 13 November 1983 | Minneopa Cemetery Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN |
Based |
Eye | Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia