Gene Worth Brillhart
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. 15 missions flown. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. A/C B-26 42-95865 tail shot off by fighters, went down out of control. 3rd and final crew member to bale out. Prisoner of War (POW). 23-Dec-44 MACR 11664.
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Continued a lifetime of farming as a wheat grower and cattle raiser in Ochiltree County.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18015066 / O-424095
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Skyhag
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron 575th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Liberal, KS 67901, USA | 29 April 1920 | Son of Saint Luke and Frances Marion [Carter] Brillhart. |
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Other Shot down |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. A/C B-26 42-95865 tail shot off by fighters, went down out of control. 3rd and final crew member to bale out. POW. 23-Dec-44 MACR 11664. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 23 December 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Perryton, TX 79070, USA | 16 October 2002 | |
| Perryton, TX 79070, USA | |||
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Enlisted |
Fort Worth, TX, USA | ||
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Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
| Ochiltree County, TX, USA | |||
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Buried |
Perryton, TX 79070, USA | Ochiltree Cemetery Perryton Ochiltree County Texas, USA |