George Willis Brannan
MilitaryShot down by massive fighter attacks and crashed W of Vechta, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31735 'Lucky Lee'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Passenger 29 December 1943 ran off runway in B17#42-31062 ÒHoly TerrorÓ L. G. Lacy crew
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Holy Terror II
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Larned, Kansas |
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 3020, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 443 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia