Gerald F Brinker
MilitaryShot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37867 'Berlin Ambassador. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Am w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 2 battle stars/ PH/ POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Berlin Ambassador
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
1 April 1997 | ||
Born |
Mt Morris, Illinois, USA | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport, Illinois | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 11 January 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3140 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / widow, Mrs. Doris Brinker; MACR 3140, 8th AF Losses