William Francis Brinley
Military
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UPL 36998
William Brinley
D. Morgan
Collided with another aircraft 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42102475. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
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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Sources
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