Clarence H Brauser Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 26356 - 42-3049 "Windy City Challenger"
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 x combat misions. Shot down on night mission to Frankfurt on 4/5-Oct-43 in B-17 42-3091. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 785
Awards: PH.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-524966
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Drummond, Oklahoma | 7 March 1921 | Son of Clarence H Sr and Nellie I Brauser. |
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Enlisted |
18 July 1942 | ||
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Died |
Frankfurt, Germany | 4 October 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Del Norte Cemetery Drummond, Garfield County, OK | Re-Interred Del Norte Cemetery Drummond, Garfield County, OK | |
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Based |
Chelveston | 4 October 1943 | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 785