Donald D Brunsvold

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. Man is looking off into the distance and not smiling UPL 60437 UPL 60437 Donald D. Brunsvold, 749th BS, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60437 - Donald D. Brunsvold, 749th BS, 457th BG

Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arnet Lee Furr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15383237 / O-819789
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38064

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Half ‘n Half | Arf ‘n Arf
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Camp Dodge, Johnston, IA 50131, USA 7 November 1942 Camp Dodge Herrold, IA.

Died

English Channel 8 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344

Born

Manly, Iowa, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery

Based

Glatton 8 November 1944 Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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http://iagenweb.org/wwii/WWIISurnames_B/BrunsvoldDonaldD.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297186/donald-d-brunsvold

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 10344 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10344 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Donald D Brunsvold: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 30578 - Crew of "Half and Half" 42-38064

Object number: UPL 30581 - B-17G-25-DL Fortress, 42-38064, "Half and Half"...

Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. Man is looking off into the distance and not smiling

Object number: UPL 60437 - Donald D. Brunsvold, 749th BS, 457th BG