Clyde Junior Brobst

Military

Object Number - UPL 52516 - "Lt. Fondryn and crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England....

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 40 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

John Edmund Fondren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14189981 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107151

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38646

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Summit, OH 18 June 1923 Son of Clyde R and Margaret M Brobst.

Enlisted

Akron, OH 7 April 1943 Akron, Ohio

Died

Clinton, OH 3 April 1997

Buried

Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Seville, Medina County, OH 6 April 1997 Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Seville, Medina County, Ohio
Akron, OH Worked at Goodyear Aircraft Corp.

Revisions

Date21 Oct 2021 19:32:32
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/32168770
https://www.fold3.com/image/109051526
https://www.fold3.com/image/680769076
https://www.fold3.com/record/35482611/clyde-j-brobst-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/89045271/clyde-j-brobst-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/715485102/brobst-clyde-j-us-veterans-grave…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2380
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12101
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32216441/clyde-j-brobst

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:35
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2380

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