Wayne E Brand

Military

Hit by flak and crashed at Mello on 6/27/44 in B-24 #4295280 EVD. Completed 35 missions. Passed in May, 1964





Air Medal; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95280

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunon Square Dance
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dublin, Mississippi 7 February 1921

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 27 June 1944

Enlisted

Altoona, PA, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following source:
MACR 6731 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic MACR 6731 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia