Carroll Dayle Briscoe
Military
Object Number - UPL 27428 - Capt Carroll D “Dale” Briscoe (ex 306th BG). 2nd tour with 1st Scouting Force.
He reported to group on 15 Jan 1943. He was the 35th Officer to complete 25 missions. Reported on 05 Feb 1945 with the 2AF weather scouts. Retired as a Colonel from the USAF in 1972.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (6OLC), LOM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean Medal.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661626
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790271
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38174915
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12073183
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-661979
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot & Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Audrey Joan of Arc
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 358th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carroll Jun
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hess, Oklahoma | 9 February 1921 | Son of Bertha Lee [Gore] Briscoe |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 22 August 1941 | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 15 January 1943 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
|
Based |
Honington | 5 February 1945 | Special Duty 1st Scouting Force. |
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Died |
Fearrington Village, 69 Trestle Leaf, Pittsboro, NC 27312, USA | 15 February 2009 | |
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Buried |
Revisions
I am Col. Briscoe's grandson and have all of his official records.
I am Col. Briscoe's grandson and have all of his official records.
I am Col. Briscoe's grandson and have all of his official records.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, First Over Germany pg. 76, 91, 105-108, 145, & 150, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
