Robert J Brennan
Military
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UPL 44029
1LT Robert J. Brennan
Pilot
452nd BG - 730th BS
Pilot
452nd BG - 730th BS
Attacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39985 crashed SE of Hamelin, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Duchess of FUBAR
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 9 April 1920 | |
Died |
Monroe, MI | 26 November 2006 | |
Buried |
LaSalle, MI | 29 November 2006 | Roselawn Memorial Park LaSalle, Michigan, USA |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
near Hamelin, Germany | 23 March 1944 | |
Other Graduated |
Washington, DC | Georgetown University |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3551 / MACR 3551, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database