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Walter Francis BROOKINGS
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-751251 | ||||||
| AGE | 24 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 09 january 1920 | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | MASSACHUSETTS | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents : Joseph G. & Lucy Phyllis (Kelley) BROOKINGS Siblings : Joseph Warren, Marie Joan, Lucy & Raymond E | ||||||
| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | CoPilote | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 545th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 384th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 19 march 1944 |
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| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cne de Wavrans-sur-Ternoise - 5 km de St-Pol-sur-Ternoise | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-30-BO - s/n 42-31926 JD*G "Lovell's Hovel"
Takeoff station 106 Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire Shot down by the flak Airplane partially evacuated at 6:05 p.m. just before the explosion in flight | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of -- N°--
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-30-BO - s/n 42-31926 JD*G "Lovell's Hovel"
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| 1st Lieutenant | James MacNaughton | LOVELL | Pilote | Dead | Cim Brit St-Pol-sur-Ternoise | O-802209 - Son of Endicott R Lovell - MICHIGAN | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Walter Francis BROOKINGS | CoPilote | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-751251 - Brookline,Norfolk,MASSACHUSETTS |
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Joseph Franklin | LEWIS | Navigateur | Prisoner - Camp inconnu | O-687870 - Cumberland, MARYLAND | ||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Martin Paul | BACHICHA | Bombardier | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 | O-667228 - El Paso, TEXAS |
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| S/Sergeant | Minot Fred | DEFTOS | Radio/Mitrailleur | Dead | Jefferson Barrack Nat Cem.- St-Louis, Missouri | 11114343 - Brockton, MASSACHUSETTS |
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| T/Sergeant | Calvin Oscar Lewis | FOWLKES | Mecanicien/Mitrailleur | Dead | Jefferson Barrack Nat Cem. 84.387-391 - St-Louis, Missouri | 33336254 - Norfolk, VIRGINIA |
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| S/Sergeant | James Hansel Jr | JOHNSON | Mitrailleur | Dead | Cim Brit St-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 18186534 - Houston, TEXAS |
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| S/Sergeant | Louis Julius | KARDOS | Mitrailleur | Prisoner - Wounded, hospitalized and then Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 32392088 - Kearney, NEW JERSEY |
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| S/Sergeant | Doye Herman | BLANKENSHIP | Mitrailleur | Dead | Crafts Methodist Church Cem. - Gladhill, Virginia | 33213036 - 26 yo - Redwood, VIRGINIA |
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| S/Sergeant | Jesse Zera | OLDHAM | Mitrailleur | Prisoner - Wounded, hospitalized and then Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | 14130229 - Carrollton, MISSISSIPPI |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |