Rex L Brudos
Military
Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant, T/Sgt Garland Odell Meadows, T/Sgt Clayton C Wilkening.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Albert Lind, 1Lt Billie Allen Spivey, Capt Rex L Brudos, S/Sgt Herschel Austin Dailey, T/Sgt Ralph E Bonner.
Object Number - UPL 40243 - "Crew members of the 755th Bomb Squadron, pose beside a Consolidated B-24, somewhere in England. April 1944." Rear L-R: Unkn, 2Lt Grant E Conant,...
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat mission. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38009777 / O-811682
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31162500
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 00675502 / O-750709
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16146851
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Blondie's Folly
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rough Riders
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Lambsy Divey
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dusty's Double Trouble
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Marsall Cty, SD | 21 October 1914 | Son of Tallef and Garnette O Brudos. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Crook, NE | 29 September 1941 | Fort Crook Nebraska |
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Died |
Coquille, OR | 1 December 1994 | |
| Portland, OR | |||
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/84573509-rex-l-brudos
https://www.fold3.com/record/64439662-rex-l-brudos
https://www.fold3.com/record/628788432-rex-brudos-1914
https://www.fold3.com/image/196582231?rec=196582401
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https://www.fold3.com/image/668099020?terms=Brudos,%20Rex
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / p220 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION edited by Randy Baumgardner, D790.A2S45