Charles William Brinton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

LWG, Schenk crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Wounded on 22 June when B17 #42-3215 "Linda Mary" piloted by Lt. M. Schenk crash landed on an English field. The crew was returning from Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. Brinton was taken to the 12th Evac Hospital at Redgrave where he died on the 25th of gas gangrene. Buried in the Cambridge AMC.

Duquesne, PA



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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34350246
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38191496
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner, Tail gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735008
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Born

Duquesne, PA, USA 8 December 1920

Enlisted

Greensburg, PA 11 September 1942

Died

25 June 1943 12th Evac Hospital

Based

25 June 1943

Buried

Plot F Row 7 Grave 50

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381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com (Photo and information)
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 159-60 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia