Wilmer Lee Breckenridge
Military
Shot down 28 September 1944.
Lindsey Breckenridge
Object Number - UPL 80614 - Reuel's revenge 388th bomb group Shot down 28 September 1944.
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Merseburg on 28-Sep-44 in B-17 42-97219 'Reuel's Revenge', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9378
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19013352 / O-1996097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 5A
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Preston, MS | 7 May 1921 | Son of W Harvey and Neva [Henderson] Breckenridge. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 18 February 1943 | Camp Shelby, Mississippi |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Va initially, then Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
3 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
Preston, MS | 9 November 2007 | |
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Buried |
Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery Preston, Kemper County, MS | 12 November 2007 | Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery Preston, Kemper County, Mississippi |
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Based |
Knettishall | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9378 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
