Ray Delos Bringle
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
398th BG - 603rd BS
Standing Left to Right: Raymond L. Wallace (N), Theodore N. West (CP), Thomas K. Foster (P), Clifford Z. Bryan (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Loren C. Brown (TG), Charles E. Cropp (BTG), Gerald O. Gruette (R/O), Raymond D. Bringle (FE), Francis M. Tuttle WG), J.L. Werner (WG)
Object Number - UPL 22166 - Thomas K. Foster Crew 398th BG - 603rd BS Standing Left to Right: Raymond L. Wallace (N), Theodore N. West (CP), Thomas K. Foster (P), Clifford...
Killed in Action (KIA) Hit by flak and crashed at Wesenbeck in B-17 #4297348
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807674
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brook, IN 47922, USA | 8 February 1919 | |
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Buried |
Maxwell, NE 69151, USA | 10 November 1951 | Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Lincoln County Nebraska, USA Plot: R, 0, 81 Burial services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Ft. McPherson national cemetery, Maxwell, Neb., for T.SGT. Ray D. (Tim) Bringle, former Elkhart High school football star who was killed in action during a World War II bombing mission over Munich in July, 1944. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bringle, 621 Middlebury st., have been notified of the time set for the service, which members of the family plan to attend. Word had been received previously from the Army Graves Registration service that remains of members of the bombing crew were being sent to the national cemetery. Sgt. Bringle starred in football at Indiana university, after winning all-state high school honors here in 1937. Elkhart Truth, Elkhart, In November 9, 1951 pg2 |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
near Brussels, Belgium | 13 July 1944 | TIM BRINGLE, FORMER FOOTBALL STAR, LISTED OFFICIALLY AS DEAD That their son, Tech. Sgt. Ray D. (Tim) Bringle, was officially declared dead 12 months after he was reported missing in action over Germany, was the word that Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Bringle, 621 Middlebury, received Wednesday. He had been reported missing since a flight over Germany July 13, 1944. FORMER EHS STAR Sgt. Bringle, a flight engineer and top turret gunner on a Flying Fortress of the Eighth Air force, was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf clusters during his 3 months in combat. He had been in service since February, 1941. Sgt. Bringle, who was born Feb. 8, 1919, at Brook, Ind., attended Middlebury and Roosevelt grade schools. He graduated from Elkhart High school in 1937. He was an outstanding player in high school football and basketball, and won all-state recognition as a half-back on the 1936 EHS co-championship football team. The 1936-1937 EHS basketball team, which he was a member , won the East division title. He also won pole vaulting honors in track. AN END AT I.U. At Indiana university he was a member of the varsity football team. he was affiliated with Delta Upsilon social fraternity at the school, which he attended for 2 1/2 years. Sgt. Bringle was employed at Adams-Westlake Co. until his enlistment. He trained at Randolph field, Tex., Gardner field, Inglewood, Calif., and Las Vegas, Nev., before going overseas. His brother, Sgt. William Bringle, is in the army Air Force at Rosaire, France. A sister Doris, is living in Los Angeles, Calif. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7498 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database