Wilfred Brand Cullerne
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 45260 - Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG) Kneeling Left to Right:...
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Detroit, MI | 3 January 1920 | Son of Harry T. and Alma Orpha [Brand] Cullerne. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, Ca | 10 January 1944 | San Francisco, California |
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Died |
Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, UK | 23 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). |
| Trenton, MI | 2863 Ward Street | ||
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Based |
Horham | 23 March 1945 | Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England |
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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia