Arthur Edward Brittain
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate (FG), TSgt. Arthur E. Brittain (RO), SSgt. Win R. Smalley (BT)
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Gordon K. Stallings (OBS/TG), Capt. Richard T. Carrington Jr. (AC/CP), Capt. Michael H. Smithwick (B), Capt. Raymond P. Ketelsen (P), 1st Lt. Robin Everett Taber (N)
384th Bomb Group collection
The Quentin Bland Collection.
Object Number - UPL 45632 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 29 July 1943/Kiel. Back L-R: SSgt. Walter C. Parkins (FG), TSgt. Philip E. Schmidlapp (TT), SSgt. Floyd M. Wingate...
Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943. Shot down 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-3231 'The Inferno'. Missing in Action (MIA). MACR 287
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35110121
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37280903
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729511
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663429
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 23 June 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
Erfstadt, Germany | 12 August 1943 - 12 August 1943 | Shot down 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-3231 'The Inferno'. Missing in Action (KIA). MACR 287 |
|
Born |
South Carolina | Son of Thomas Pinkney and Fanny [Wingo] Brittain. | |
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Other Memorial |
Margraten, The Netherlands | Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297080/arthur-edward-brittain
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 287 / MACR 287, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database