Harry Albert Brockman
Military
Object Number - UPL 61866 - 2nd Lt Harry A. Brockman
Harry Brockman served as a pilot with the 853rd Bomb Squadron of the 491st Bomb Group. One of the aircraft he flew was B-24 44-40121 'I'll be around ?'.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), American campaign, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 853rd Bomb Squadron 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12186667
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 853rd Bomb Squadron 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15325772 / O-690570
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill Be Around?
- Unit: 853rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newark, New Jersey | 2 July 1917 | Born Newark, New Jersey |
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Enlisted |
Newark, New Jersey | 10 June 1942 | Enlisted Newark, New Jersey |
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Other Training |
1 August 1942 - 26 June 1943 | Flight training : Primary Pine Bluff, Arkansas Basic Winfield, Kansas Advanced Altus, Oklahoma | |
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Other Commissioned |
26 June 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
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Other Discharged |
1 November 1945 | ||
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Died |
State College, Pennsylvania | 17 December 2007 | Died State College, Pennsylvania |
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Buried |
Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery Arneytown, New Jersey | 28 December 2007 | Interred Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery Arneytown, Burlington County, New Jersey |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / unit roster
