Hugh Brooks
MilitaryMission to Peene Mundy on the Baltic. Nazi research experinental rocket center. Well camouflaged with 105 flak guns. Von Braun was there at the time. Over the North Sea under the radar. Dense fog kept lowering our altitude. Bombadier and Navigator test fired guns and the water slashed up on the plexiglass. Hairy time keeping up out of there to avoid collision-mission aborted!
Airl Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster and EAME ribbon with 3 battle stars
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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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gans, Pennsylvania | 16 July 1922 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History/self