Gus C Brubaker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). B-17 #42-107184 'Ding Dong Daddy'. Mid-air collision on formup.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97182

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ding Dong Daddy
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ohio City, Ohio, USA 27 August 1924

Enlisted

Toledo, Ohio, USA 21 August 1943

Died

near Hitchin, England 26 August 1944

Buried

Ohio City, Ohio, USA Woodlawn Cemetery

Revisions

Date27 Mar 2020 21:15:59
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number and highest rank
Sources

Added S/N and rank from "WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties" records for Van Wert County, Ohio at the National Archives (NARA).

Date27 Mar 2020 21:03:55
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Added an Elisted event per "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946" at Ancestry.com.

Date27 Mar 2020 20:28:05
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

Added died location to the Died event per info in the A/C Description section.
Added Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 95309359.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:42
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia