William Francis Brinley

Military
media-36998.jpeg UPL 36998 William Brinley

D. Morgan

Object Number - UPL 36998

Collided with another aircraft 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42102475. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D

Events

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Born

1 November 1922 Pennsylvania

Enlisted

3 October 1942 Enlisted at Harrisburg, PA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 May 1944 - 16 April 1945 Stalag Luft IV then moved to Stalag XI B and liberated by the British 7th Armoured Division.

Died

7 October 1969 Harrisburg, PA

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Correcting mistake on medals. 

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National Archives and military records

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National Archives AAF medal cards

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Service members personal records. 

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D. Morgan - Grandson in law.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5162 / MACR 5162; Snetterton Falcons, pg 148-149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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