Everett Lee Brock
Military ROLL OF HONOUREnlisted in RCAF. Transferred to USAAF. Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Reims in P-47 42-22542 - Lost in mid air collision with P-47 42-8662 over Soissons, France 30-Dec-43 F/O Everett L Brock Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1971.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Winthrop, AR 71866, USA | 7 February 1922 | Son of Revedy Azberry and Mary Ida [Hatter] Brock. |
Enlisted |
Canada | 25 July 1941 | Enlisted in RCAF. |
Based |
Martlesham Heath | 13 November 1943 - 30 December 1943 | Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Killed in action |
02200 Soissons, France | 30 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Reims in P-47 42-22542 - Lost in mid air collision with P-47 42-8662 over Soissons, France 30-Dec-43 F/O Everett L Brock Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1971. |
Based |
Atcham | 13 November 1943 | Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
80500 Montdidier, France | Interred Montdidier cemetery | |
Buried |
Texarkana, AR 71854, USA | Re-Interred Woodlawn Cemetery Texarkana Miller County Arkansas, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1971 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database