Walter Douglas Brewer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1515 - The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50452) nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon"of the 389th Bomb Group.
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Earthquake McGoon
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 29770
- Description: Video and photographs of four memorials in Eastern England to seven lost planes.
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Surry County, Va | 16 February 1917 | Son of Luther Milton Brewer. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 8 September 1943 | Camp Shelby Mississippi |
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Died |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk | 21 November 1944 | Fatal mid-air collision with B-24 44-10513 during formation assembly near Carleton Rode, 21-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
22 November 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 4 Grave 37 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Union Christian Church Cemetery, Surry, VA | Memorialised Union Christian Church Cemetery Surry, Surry County, VA | |
| Columbia, SC |
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