Earl John Broxup

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97447. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Henry H Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802509
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30120

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-30342

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron

42-31244

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-97447

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York, USA 1 November 1918

Enlisted

Foirt Niagara, NY 18 March 1942

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 1 December 1943 - 10 February 1944 Shot down on his 12th combat mission

Other

POW

Barth, Germany 11 February 1944 Stalag Luft I (dates are approximate)

Died

Buffalo, NY 4 November 2006

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Brandlecht, Germany 10 February 1944

Buried

Cheektowaga, NY Mount Calvary Cemetery Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA Plot Garden of St. Mary Magdalene

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, awards, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations. Changes to Missions
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/7205
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=301804…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=3621007…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118390349
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8919&h=100442&…

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2547 / MACR 2547, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database