Anthony Nicholas Braidic

Military
media-51619.jpeg UPL 51619 2nd Lt Anthony N. Braidic, 334BS, 95BG

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Object Number - UPL 51619 - 2nd Lt Anthony N. Braidic, 334BS, 95BG

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Invited by his original crew to fly with them on Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640 (last loss of 8th AF); declined and flew with new crew on mission. ETD



Awards: AM, WII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12077925 / O-831280
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Better Duck
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Evader
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Passion Wagon : Victory Devils
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 7 November 1916 Son of Vieckoslav and Francisca Braidic.

Enlisted

Camp Lee, VA 10 June 1941 Camp Lee, Virginia

Other

Discharged USAAF

2 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Lakeland, FL 12 March 2008

Buried

Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL 15 March 2008 Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “shot” was misspelled.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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