Thomas Franklin Brubaker
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 x kills. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Berlin Diving to bounce enemy fighters collided with his target and baled out of stricken A/C P-51D 44-14132 Prisoner of War (POW) 6-Oct-44. MACR 9501.
Awards: DFC, AM(3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Vietnam war, rising to Lieutenant Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lebanon County, PA, USA | 11 February 1919 | Son of Gerald O and Margaret M Brubaker. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA, USA | 6 April 1942 | |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Stuttgart, Germany | 29 June 1944 | E/A Destroyed Germany. 29-Jun-44. |
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Other Baled out |
20 miles Nth Berlin, Germany | 6 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Berlin Diving to bounce enemy fighters collided with his target and baled out of stricken A/C P-51D 44-14132 POW 6-Oct-44. MACR 9501. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 6 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
20 miles Nth Berlin, Germany | 6 October 1944 | Me109 destroyed Berlin, Germany. Result of combat/collision 6-Oct-44. |
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Died |
Chambersburg, PA, USA | 29 December 2001 | |
| Mt Gretna, PA, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Bottisham | 6 October 1944 | Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
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Buried |
Annville, PA, USA | Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville Lebanon County Pennsylvania, USA |
Revisions
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http://361fg.com/Hist.htm
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_361.php
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58474943/
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43118842/
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-14132&Submit=…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16008582
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9501 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list