Frederick Chester Bradley Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 60396 - Frederick C. Bradley Jr., Engineer / Top Turret, 601st BS, 395th BG
My Dad flew with the Howard Traeder crew, 24 missions from 1/45 to 4/45 24th mission was supposed to be a milk run however it didn't turn out that was. The 398th's B-17's were caarrying highly sensitive RDX bombs. One plane accidently salvoed their bombs rather than dropping them in train. They bumped and exploded blowing 6 planes out of formation. My dad's plane was one of them. They headed for Allied lines. Plane was Q-Queenie. All the crew were saved.
Air Medal w 3Oak Leaf Cluster; Good Conduct Purple
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 28 August 1918 | |
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Other Purple Heart Award Citation: GENERAL ORDERS NO. 27 |
18 April 1945 - 18 April 1945 | For wounds received while participating in an aerial flight over Paderborn Area, Germany, on 13 April 1945. Entered military service from New Jersey. | |
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Died |
15 April 1999 - 15 April 1999 | ||
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Buried |
Sparta N J | 30 April 1999 |
Revisions
Daughter / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
