David H Brophy

Military
media-20445.jpeg UPL 20445 England - Two USAAF Officers of the Flying Fortress 'Male Call' [B-17 42-97471] kneel in the wind and rain beside the damaged plane which brought them safely back from attack by US Heavy bombers on Frankfurt - 20 May 1944. Chaplain Martin Collett of Carey, Ohio, invokes benediction on Lt's Brophy and Beckman. The Fortress crash-landed at the field when its undercarriage folded, yet the pilot and entire crew escaped uninjured.

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Object Number - UPL 20445 - England - Two USAAF Officers of the Flying Fortress 'Male Call' [B-17 42-97471] kneel in the wind and rain beside the damaged plane which brought...

Crashed on landing on the return from operations against Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97471. RTD. Completed 25 missions Sep 1943 to Mar 1944.



DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97471

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Male Call
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

New York City, New York 14 May 1916

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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