Earl Elias Brosius

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26520.jpeg UPL 26520 Lt Henry C Clark and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace", England. 12 July 1944.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10275-C61752AC

Object Number - UPL 26520 - Lt Henry C Clark and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace", England. 12 July 1944. NARA Ref...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-31423 'Jigger Rouche' 15-Aug-44; Crashed at NE of Bittburg. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8168



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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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 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753982
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Lace
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jigger Rooche / Kraut Killer
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tatamy, PA 14 January 1922 Son of Clarence Leroy Brosius.

Enlisted

Cleveland, OH 6 October 1942 Cleveland, Ohio

Died

Oberkail, Germany 15 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-31423 'Jigger Rouche' 15-Aug-44; Crashed at NE of Bittburg. KIA MACR 8168

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Molesworth 15 August 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot K Row 25 Grave 4

Revisions

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Per documents sent to wife.

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Michael Jaremko, Earl’s wife’s son in law

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Key Image ID.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8168 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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