Lowell William Brundage
Military ROLL OF HONOUR29 May 1944: Another major air combat of the month occurred on 29 May: a savage running series of fights north and east of Berlin from Malchin to Stettin. The action was by squadrons and the score for 12-1-0 for two -- Lowell “One-Eye” Brundage, a sophisticated humorist, and Myron C. Morrill, a new pilot, both 369th. One of these was seen shot down by a veteran Luftwaffe expert wearing two chevrons on his ship. The German, our pilot and Lt. R.K. Butler of Bodney, went into a 12-turn Lufberry, and when our pilot broke, the German got him. Lt. Butler came over from Bodney to tell S-2 about it. The mission report (Command Summary 197) tells the details and these are amplified in the encounter reports. Wetmore scored another double raising his total to 13; Colonel Murphy scored two, sharing one with Doersch, and the latter shared another victim with Siltimaki. ~ Excerpt from the 359th Fighter Group History 359th Fighter Group collection
Photo courtesy Paul D. Bruns.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Polietz, Germany in P-51B 42-106691. Damaged in combat with Me109 and crashed near Daugzin pilot 1Lt Lowell Brundage Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5548.
Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Spokane, WA, USA | 19 December 1941 | |
Other Promotion |
Wretham IP24, UK | 12 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Daugzin, 17390 Rubkow, Germany | 29 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Polietz, Germany in P-51B 42-106691. Damaged in combat with Me109 and crashed near Daugzin pilot 1Lt Lowell Brundage KIA. MACR 5548. |
Spokane, WA, USA | |||
Based |
East Wretham | 29 May 1944 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
Spokane, WA, USA | ||
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège Liège, Belgium |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 5548 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5548, Unit History / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list