Rex Brudos
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat mission. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Kenneth Frank Duffy
Military
Assigned 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Rex Brudos crew. 13 x combat missions. Credited 1 x fighter. Failed to Return (FTR) Laaland, Denmark in B-24 42-52423; Shot down 9-Apr-44, Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Joseph Stroup
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252423. Killed in Action (KIA).
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
458th Bomb Group
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged... -
755th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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41-28678
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) - Aircraft was lost due to mechanical failure on 22-Mar-44 mission to bomb the BMW engine factory at Basdorf outside Berlin,Germany. Eight of the crew became POW's and one was killed because... -
41-29331 "Blondies' Folly"
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 x combat mission. Failed to Return(FTR) Friedrichshafen, 16-Mar-44; On the return after having successfully bombed the target "Blondies' Folly" was attacked by fighters. The crew fought off a dozen fighters,... -
42-52382 WURF' LESS
B-24 Liberator
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42-52423
B-24 Liberator
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42-100407 Little Lambsy Divey
B-24 Liberator
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42-110059
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.
Associated Place
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Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield... -
Stalag Luft IV
Other location
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Dulag Luft 12
Other location
Events
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| Born | Landing, NJ | 8 July 1922 |
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Son of Betty Duffy. |
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| Enlisted | Newark, NJ | 5 June 1942 |
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Newark, New Jersey |
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| Based | Horsham St Faith | February 1944 – 9 April 1944 |
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Assigned 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Laaland, Denmark | 9 April 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Laaland, Denmark in B-24 42-52423; Shot down 9-Apr-44 . Prisoner of War (POW). |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | 9 April 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Revisions
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| 03 February 2021 19:25:34 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/675794364 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 April 2020 19:42:33 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 October 2019 16:50:05 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29625308 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:17:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3837 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 3837 & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 |
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