Eugene Pressley Brassfield

Military
media-57607.jpeg UPL 57607 1Lt Gene Brassfield 47th BG in A-20G J Cook photo collection and archives

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 57607 - 1Lt Gene Brassfield 47th BG in A-20G

A-20G Havoc pilot 86th BS 47th BG Italy 1944-45.

Post WWII attorney in Salem, Oregon

Brother of US Navy fighter ace Arthur Brassfield

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bastia – Poretta Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Browning, MO 11 February 1919
Salem, OR 16 October 1940 1070 S. Commercial

Died

Salem, OR 27 September 2004

Buried

Salem, Oregon 1 October 2004 Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Plot McKenzie Terrace

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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corrected middle name per daughter, Debbie Doran

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added awards

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Debbie Doran, daughter

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