44-14132

Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Berlin Diving to bounce enemy fighters collided with his target and baled out of stricken A/C Pilot Capt Thomas F Brubaker Prisoner of War (POW) 6-Oct-44. MACR 9501.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13020478 / O-676735
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

20 miles Nth Berlin, Germany 6 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Berlin Diving to bounce enemy fighters collided with his target and baled out of stricken A/C Pilot Capt Thomas F Brubaker Prisoner of War (POW) 6-Oct-44. MACR 9501.

Manufactured

Inglewood, CA, USA Built at North American.

Delivered

Beale AFB, CA, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 9501 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database