Charles Robert Breuning

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38540.jpeg UPL 38540 KIA on 11 September 1944, F/O Charles R. Breuning flew 33 combat missions with the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, after joining it on 3 June 1944. From San Antonio, TX, F/O Breuning was buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery. 359th Fighter Group collection

Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.

Object Number - UPL 38540 - KIA on 11 September 1944, F/O Charles R. Breuning flew 33 combat missions with the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, after joining it on 3...

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Hannover/Magdeburg. Crashed near Schwarzenhasel in P-51D 44-14399 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8790.



Formerly with Royal Canadian Air Force, P-51B 43-12208 'Rose of San Antone'



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Antonio, Bexar County, TX, USA 4 April 1924 Son of Frank and Florence Breuning.

Enlisted

Fort Worth, TX, USA 17 December 1943 Fort Worth, Texas

Based

East Wretham 3 June 1944 - 11 September 1944 Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Schwarzenhasel 11 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Hannover/Magdeburg. Crashed near Schwarzenhasel (s-w. Sontra) in P-51D 44-14399 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8790.
San Antonio, Texas

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot A Row 2 Grave 2

Revisions

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

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J-2075

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8790 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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