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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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.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat mission. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252423. Killed in Action (KIA).
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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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...
Squadron
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...
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,...
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.
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...
Other location
Other location
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Paterson, New Jersey, USA | 1922 |
Enlisted | Newark, NJ | 5 June 1942 |
Newark New Jersey |
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Based | Horsham St Faith | February 1944 – 9 April 1944 |
Assigned 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Baled out POW | Laaland, Denmark | 9 April 1944 |
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 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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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 |