Louis Brofford

Military

He flew on Joseph Gay crew. Reported to ETO on 13 Sept 1943.

Shot down by ME109s and crashed near Sedan, FR on a missio to Augsberg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30728. POW at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 4



POW, AM 3OLC,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30728

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Payne, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 25 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2769 / MACR 2769, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, NARA, Russell Strong Index Cards, 306th BGA Collection, First Over Germany pg. 221, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…