DeLoros Richard Brumagin
Military
Object Number - UPL 49291 - T/Sgt DeLoros R Brumagin, 67BS, 44BG
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 1-Aug-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267. Interned in Turkey.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044424
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Horse Fly
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lowville, PA | 20 June 1920 | Edward Arthur and Essylt Sophia [Chapin] Brumagin. |
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Enlisted |
New Cumberland, PA | 24 October 1941 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
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Other Interned in Turkey |
Turkey | 1 August 1943 | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
4 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
Erie, PA | 14 June 1983 | |
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Buried |
Lowville Cemetery Wattsburg, Erie County, PA | 17 June 1983 | Lowville Cemetery Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8250, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219
