Benjamin Arthur Brew

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media-49351.jpeg UPL 49351 2nd Lt Benjamin A Brew

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Object Number - UPL 49351 - 2nd Lt Benjamin A Brew

While assigned 552nd FTS 495th FTG, 8th AF. Crash landed P-47 41-6234 in Irish Sea 1 mile offshore of Nefyn. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Jul-44.





Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Thumbs Up Doc Sugar Baby
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, GA 24 October 1921

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA, USA 11 September 1942 Enlisted at San Francisco, California

Died

English Channel 23 July 1944 Crash landed P-47 41-6234 in English channel 1 mile offshore of Nevin. Lt Brew killed in crash. 23rd July 1944.

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Assigned

Loughborough, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK 23 July 1944 Assigned to 552nd FTS 495th FTG, 8th AF

Buried

Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambs, UK
San Francisco, CA, USA San Francisco, California, USA.

Other

Student

Chattanooga, TN University of Chattanooga, Tennessee

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