Doyle Earl Bradford
MilitaryBradford a graduate of the University of Tulsa was a pilot with the 91st Bomber Group 323 Sqdn when he was shot down over Germany, and spent the rest of the war as a POW.
Dropped out of formation with two engines feathered on a mission to Lechfield 16 March 1944 in B-17G 42-31585 'Mount 'N Ride'. Landed in Switzerland, Interned (INT).
After the war he worked in aviation and was inducted into the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame. His death on October 1, 2003 was reported by his son.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mount N Ride
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 11 August 1922 | |
Died |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA | 1 October 2003 | (aged 81) |
Buried |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA | 4 October 2003 | Memorial Park Cemetery |
Revisions
Updated Middle Name and events per Obituary.
SOURCE: https://obits.oklahoman.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/doyle-bradford…
Updated the Born event and Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 47133508.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47133508/doyle-e-bradford
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Doyle Bradford.;
MACR 3221
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3221, crewmember Albert Trendall, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces