Stephen Kain Breining

Military
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Breining family contribution to my research on "My Gal Sal"

Object Number - UPL 57235 - Stephen Kain Breining

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.

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Units served with

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im

97th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ralph Hardin Stinson

  • 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

41-9032

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Gal Sal
  • Unit: 342nd Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group

Places

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

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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Correction to last name attributable to innumerable sources

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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

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