Raymond E Brasch
Military
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UPL 16645
Crew #738
Roy E. Guy Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE), Russell Todd (BTG), Wayland Buchholz (WG), Marvin Creech (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Ray Brasch (N), Roy Guy (P), Allen Wiedman (B), Merl Hoyle (CP)
This crew was shot down by flak on 8 September 1944. Guy was able to affect a crash landing, which all the crew survived. All the crew were captured and made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection
Roy E. Guy Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Patrick Homentowski (TG), Melvin Demmin (R/O), Burl S. Garrett (FE), Russell Todd (BTG), Wayland Buchholz (WG), Marvin Creech (WG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Ray Brasch (N), Roy Guy (P), Allen Wiedman (B), Merl Hoyle (CP)
This crew was shot down by flak on 8 September 1944. Guy was able to affect a crash landing, which all the crew survived. All the crew were captured and made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at
Wittengen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silent Yokum
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Monroe County, NY, USA | 1 August 1922 | |
Died |
Hawaii, USA | 17 June 1992 | |
Buried |
Kaneohe, HI, USA | 30 June 1992 | Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery Kaneohe Honolulu County Hawaii, USA Plot: Section 82-C Site 2 |
Other Shot Down |
Wittingen, Germany | 8 September 1944 | Survived crash landing |
Point Pleasant, Irondequoit, NY 14622, USA | 159 Pleasant Avenue |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8611 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database