Wesley B Brinkley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Reported to group on 23-Oct-43. Completed 5 x missions from 3-Nov to 13-Dec-43. Shot down 13-Dec-43 in B-17 42-39768. Alive when recovered from sea, died from exposure. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20308346 / O-748339
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Frank Cargill
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32565571
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-120980 / O-2044866
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679334
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32108012 / O-688433
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spikey Chair
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Camp Shelby, MS 6 August 1941 Camp Shelby Mississippi

Based

Thurleigh 23 October 1943 - 13 December 1943 Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Wilhelmshaven, Germany 13 December 1943 Baled out of B-17 42-39768 near Wilhelmshaven. Alive when recovered from sea, died from exposure. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Wilhelmshaven, Germany 14 December 1943 Interred Wilhelmshaven cemetery

Born

Evansville, Indiana Son of George W and Mary Alice Brinkley.

Buried

Alexander Memorial Park Cemetery Evansville, Vanderburgh County, IN Re-Interred Alexander Memorial Park Cemetery Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Living with grandparents William L and Louise C [Schomburg] Brinkley at time of census.

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1575, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 371, 418, First Over Germany pg. 177 & 181, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards,