Philip Dean Brockus
MilitaryAssigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. 58 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to St Lo. Shot down by Fw190 in vicinity of Carentan. Killed in Action (KIA). 17-Jun-44. MACR 6281.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 358th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Alfalfa County, OK, USA | 6 March 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX, USA | 21 March 1942 | |
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Based |
High Halden | 10 April 1943 - 16 May 1943 | Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based Transferred 358th Fighter Group |
Steeple Morden | 16 May 1943 - 17 June 1944 | Transferred to 366FS, 358FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Died |
50500 Carentan, France | 17 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to St Lo. Shot down by Fw190 in vicinity of Carentan. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6281. |
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Buried |
Spearman, TX 79081, USA | Hansford Cemetery Spearman Hansford County Texas, USA |