Turner G Brashear

Military

Midair collision over Munich bomb run. Sheared off left horizontal stabilizer. RAFAAF (name of B-17) went into tailspin, recovered control after 7000 ft, level flight was maintained by way of a turnbuckle consisting of pieces of elevator cable wrapped around the yoke and through 2 holes in the instrument panel thus yielding a turnbuckle with an ax handle acting as the control. Returned to Ridgewell and landed. January - May 1945.



AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster

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The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Born

Oakland, California 1 June 1923

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999