Lloyd Wyatt Brisbi
Military
Rear L-R: Walter Hardiek, Julian Darlington, Ned Howard, Dale Hulsey, Joseph Turley, Daryl Epp.
Front L-R: Anthony Rauba, Lloyd Brisbi, Joseph Quigley, Major Gillett.
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48867 - 2nd Lt Julian T Darlington crew. Rear L-R: Walter Hardiek, Julian Darlington, Ned Howard, Dale Hulsey, Joseph Turley, Daryl Epp. Front L-R: Anthony...
Assigned to 389BG 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'The Witch' 41-11840 1-Aug-43; Shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 173
Awards: DFC, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074175 / O-728742
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Witch
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Orleans, Louisiana | 29 June 1916 | Son of Gertrude I [Vaughan] Brisbi. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 13 March 1942 | Camp Shelby, Mississippi |
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Other Hospitalised |
Skopia, Yugoslavia | 1 August 1943 | Hospitalised, wounded in right knee, leg amputated. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 June 1945 | ||
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Other Medical discharge |
29 June 1945 | Medical discharged, right leg amputated. | |
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Died |
19 January 1990 | ||
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA | 22 January 1990 | Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 389BG 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Prisoner of War (POW). Bulgaria |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 173