Brian Woolley Flavelle

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Object Number - UPL 57284 - Brian Flavelle 'Wongo Wongo' crew.

Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti, Romania in B-24 42-40563 'Wongo Wongo' 1-Aug-43; crashed into the Mediterranean near the island of Corfu Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 150



Awards: SS, AM (6OLC), PH.

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Units served with

376th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Charles Ryan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730621
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-40563

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Wongo Wongo
  • Unit: 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Caldwell, NJ 16 December 1914

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 14 July 1941 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Off Corfu 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti, Romania in B-24 42-40563 'Wongo Wongo' 1-Aug-43; crashed into the Mediterranean near the island of Corfu Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 150

Buried

North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tunis, Tunisia

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 9AF USAAF.

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Object number: UPL 57284 - Brian Flavelle 'Wongo Wongo' crew.