Marle Vernon Brendle
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 27395 - 1st Lt Marle V Brendle 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Hit by flak in P-51D 44-63207 while strafing locomotives near Stuttgart, Germany. Crashed near Valenciennes, France. 20-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Screamn Demon
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
13 December 1918 | Son of Marle Berlin and Mary Ellen [McClure] Brendle. | |
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Enlisted |
6 August 1942 | ||
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Based |
16 December 1944 - 20 February 1945 | Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Died |
20 February 1945 | Hit by flak in P-51D 44-63207 while strafing locomotives near Stuttgart, Germany. Crashed near Valenciennes, France. 20-Feb-45 Killed in Action (KIA). | |
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Born |
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Buried |
Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Buried |
Memorialised Green Hill Cemetery Waynesville Haywood County NC, USA | ||
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Other Based |
15 December 1944 | Overseas to Iceland, patrol duty with 33FS, 342FG. | |
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Other Commissioned/Awarded wings |
Commissioned/Awarded wings Napier Field AL USA. |
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ABMC, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
