Edmund J Brennan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 27409 - 1st Lt Edmund Brennan 383FS, 364FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) target support mission to Schweinfurt. Last seen in cloud, lost contact with formation. Crashed near Wiesbaden in P-38 42-67445. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3760.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Branchdale, PA, USA | 26 December 1919 | Son of William Aloysius and Mary Rebecca [Gehres] Brennan. |
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Enlisted |
Pennsylvania, USA | 16 August 1938 | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wiesbaden, Germany | 12 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) target support mission to Schweinfurt. Last seen in cloud, lost contact with formation. Crashed near Wiesbaden in P-38 42-67445. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3760. |
| Pennsylvania, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury St Edmunds IP31 1EE, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Honington | 12 April 1944 | Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3760 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
