Donald Paul Breeden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22784.png UPL 22784 Second Lieutenant Donald P Breeden Wim Slangen Collection

Shared on the AAM website with permission from Wim Slangen (http://www.jachthoornblazers.nl/JHB/Wim-Slangen-Donald-P-Breeden.html). He was sent the image by Breeden's grand daughter Beth Long.

Object Number - UPL 22784 - Second Lieutenant Donald P Breeden

Donald Paul Breeden served as pilot with the 364th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group. His B-17 #42-3436 was shot down 14 October 1943 over the Netherlands and Breeden was declared Missing in Action (MIA).



Donald flew 5 missions as a co-pilot starting on October 4th to Frankfurt with the McDarby crew in B-17 #42-29988, the ‘Uncouth bastard‘. On the 8th he flew to Bremen with the same McDarby crew in ‘Devastating Dottie’. Then to the ship yards in Gdynia in occupied Poland on 9th of October with the same crew in B-17 #42-3436. And with the same crew and same ship he flies on October 10th to Munster. Donald Paul Breeden gets shot down in Finkenrath (G) near Eygelshoven (NL) on his 5th mission on the 14th October with the McDarby crew on its way to Schweinfurt. He is listed as MIA.



In December 1948 and January 1949 there was an investigation into this MIA. Donald Paul Breeden's remains were most probably buried together with the remains of Mr. W.J. Martin and/or Mr. H.A. Manley. First in Germany and after the war at Margraten Cemetery.

In 1951 a Board of Review states in its recommendation 'That the remains... considered be determined non-recoverable.'

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Uncouth Bastard
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devastating Dottie
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Idaho, USA 9 April 1921

Enlisted

19 April 1941

Other

Married Margarette Talbot

1 November 1941 Their daughter Donna was born after Donald Paul Breeden got MIA

Died

6471 Eygelshoven, Nederland 14 October 1943

Other

Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery

6269 Margraten, Nederland

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Added an association to the A/C #42-30724 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added an association to the A/C #42-29988 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Moved source message information from biography field: 'A detailed life story of has been researched by Wim Slangen, with help from Jeanne Venturino, Sue Moyer Fox and Breeden's family'

Wim Slagen's website is: http://home.kpn.nl/slang075/donald-paul-breeden-mia.html

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Corrected spelling of surname from 'Breedon' to 'Breeden'. Sources:
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/531141#.V5IzPU1TGM8

http://www.jachthoornblazers.nl/JHB/Wim-Slangen-Donald-P-Breeden.html

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1034 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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