Larry James Bredda

Military

June 1941 Joined Army Air Forces



Trained at Chanute Field III, Santa Ana California, Ontario California and Bakerfield, California.



May 1943 Wings earned Luke Field, Arizona



October 1943 Left for Overseas Duty



11 December 1943 B17G#42-31268 landed at Warton after a ferrying mission when the tail wheel dropped into an icy unmarked hole.



11 July 1945 P47D#42-25889 crashed at Lockinge after collision in fog with B25. Pilot died.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

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USAAF Personnel Records & "Report of Aircraft Accident" as supplied by USAAF Historical Research Centre, Maxwell Air Force Base.

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Ironwood Daily Globe obituary

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"Report of Aircraft Accident" as supplied by USAAF Historical Research Centre

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"Report of Aircraft Accident" as supplied by USAAF Historical Research Centre

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Ancestry and "Report of Aircraft Accident" as supplied by USAAF Historical Research Centre

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 417