Archie Brazer
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Reg Hammond crew. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Daniel Minkon
Military
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Crew of Fort Worth Jail House, 92nd Bomb Group
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Top Row: S/Sgt L/J Nitti, S/Sgt R.H. Lippert, S/Sgt H.D. Baugh, TSgt J.C. Depena, S/Sgt D. Minkon Bottom Row: 1st Lt Robert L. Sprout, 1st Lt Reggie L. Hamond not available for this photo F/O Roach who was hospitalized after their last mission Caption can be found at https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/38564
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Harry Bough, Joel De Pena, Archie Brazer, Leonard Nitti, Danny Minkon, 92nd Bomb Group
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"Crew of the Week" photo caption, outlining action by Reginald Hammond's crew on 28 March 1945
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1st Lt Robert L Sprout with S/Sgt Danny Minkon
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S/Sgt Danny Minkon with wreck of "Morale" April 11, 1945
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
Service
People
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Reginald Hammond
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x missions. Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA) Awards: DFC, AM(OLC), PH. -
William Roach
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier/ Navigator | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Reg Hammond crew. Wounded in action on 28-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38574 'Russian Lullaby', but continued with his crew to the target and completed the bomb run despite his head wound. ETD ... -
Robert Sprout
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA) Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Units served with
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92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for... -
326th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-38574 RUSSIAN LULLABY
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 18/8/44; Hunter 27/8/44; Grenier 8/9/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-P] Podington 24/9/44; transferred 326/92BG; [JW-P] damaged in taxi accident with Robert O Divver 7/6/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/5/46. RUSSIAN LULLABY. -
44-8436 Fort Worth Jail House
B-17 Flying Fortress
On May 5th 1945, just three days before the end of World War II, seven young men climbed into a B-17 from 326th Squadron and took off from RAF Podington. 1st Lt Reginald Hammond, 1st Lt Robert Sprout, 2nd Lt William J Dutton, T/Sgt Jacob Buikema, S/Sgt...
Associated Place
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Podington
Military site : airfield
Built originally to accommodate two RAF bomber squadrons, the first USAAF unit to occupy the base was the 15th Bomb Squadron in September 1942. Podington was then used as a satellite for nearby Chelveston. Work to lengthen the runways, although this... -
Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery
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Siddown Hill
Crash site
Events
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| Born | Kings County, NY | 1925 |
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Son of Samuel and Minnie Minkon. |
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| Based | Podington | 1944 – 5 May 1945 |
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Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Sidown Hil, Hampshire | 5 May 1945 |
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Hit trees on Sidown Hill in B-17 44-8436 and crashed. 5-May-45. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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| Buried | 6 May 1945 | |
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Interred |
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| Buried | Mount Hebron Cemetery Flushing, NY | 1948 |
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Re-Interred |
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Revisions
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| 06 February 2020 18:20:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/264594984 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 February 2020 09:44:28 | Al_Skiff | Changes to awards, events and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/264594984 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 November 2018 13:07:54 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/310770582?terms=Daniel%20Minkon |
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