Stephen Kain Breining
MilitaryBreining family contribution to my research on "My Gal Sal"
Assigned to 342BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Crash-landed in B-17 41-9032 'My Gal Sal' along the coast of Greenland 27-Jun-42. RTD
Killed in combat over the lines at Sbeitla, Tunisia, North Africa, on 7-Apr-43, while serving his country as an aerial gunner in the U.S. Air Force.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14067224 / O-415876
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Gal Sal
- Unit: 342nd Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hancock, MD | 24 August 1908 | Son of Clayton Paul and Jessie May [Neil] Breining. |
Died |
7 April 1943 | ||
Buried/ Commemorated |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Tunis, Tunisia | |
Based |
7 April 1943 | Assigned to 342BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hay p.14