Walter Douglas Brewer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-380320.jpg FRE 1515 The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50452) nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon"of the 389th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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.

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Units served with

389th Bomb Group

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

566th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Alfred V Brooks

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-?
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50452

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Earthquake McGoon
Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Hethel airfield, looking south, the technical site with three T2 hangars is left, 16 April 1946. Photograph by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1429. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Surry County, Va	16 February 1917	Son of Luther Milton Brewer.
Enlisted	Camp Shelby, MS	8 September 1943	Camp Shelby Mississippi
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)
Buried		22 November 1944	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 4 Grave 37
Buried	Union Christian Church Cemetery, Surry, VA		Memorialised Union Christian Church Cemetery Surry, Surry County, VA
	Columbia, SC

Revisions

Date8 Feb 2019 20:25:27

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/record/88429330-walter-d-brewer
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https://www.fold3.com/image/47349794?terms=walter%20d%20brewer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84292034/walter-douglas-brewer
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Date13 May 2015 09:32:16

Contributorusxpat

ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, biography, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations

Sources

Ancestry.com
American Battle Monuments Commission
www.usaafdata.com
Find A Grave Memorial# 84292034