Wesley B Brinkley
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37228640
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 6 August 1941 | Camp Shelby Mississippi |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 23 October 1943 - 13 December 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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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). |
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Buried |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 14 December 1943 | Interred Wilhelmshaven cemetery |
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Born |
Evansville, Indiana | Son of George W and Mary Alice Brinkley. | |
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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. |
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Sources
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,