Wayne Ashby Brainard
Military
Object Number - UPL 27272 - Capt Wayne A Brainard 62FS 56FG 8AF.
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Over 100 missions. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Returned Stateside to 72nd Fighter Wing prior to fighter training tasking with 2nd AF.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Shoshone County, ID, USA | 31 January 1919 | Son of Senator Robert L Braggins. |
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Enlisted |
Spokane, WA, USA | 31 October 1941 | Spokane, Washington |
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Died |
Kellogg, ID, USA | 27 July 1994 | |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
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Based |
Boxted | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Boxted | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Kellogg Shoshone County ID | Greenwood Cemetery Kellogg Shoshone County Idaho, USA | |
| Kellogg, ID, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
http://www.leisuregalleries.com/62ndfs/62ndwebpage5.html
http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/shoshone/scrapbook.htm
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