Allen I Brazelton

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media-27839.jpeg UPL 27839 Master Sergeant Allen I Brazelton Glenn Brazelton Collection

Shared with the American Air Museum by Allen I Brazelton's son, Glenn Brazelton.

Object Number - UPL 27839 - Master Sergeant Allen I Brazelton

SMSGT ALLEN I. BRAZELTON (USAF RETIRED) – ASSIGNMENT HISTORY



WORLD WAR II

1 Jan 1942 Left Phillips, WI by train for Ashland WI for eye exam; then took train

onto Wausau, WI the next day

2 Jan 1942 Enlisted in Army Air Corps in Wausau, WI; after testing departed by

train for Camp Grant, IL

5 Jan 1942 Reported for Basic Training at Jefferson Barracks, MO

Feb – Apr 1942 Clerk, 312th Air Service Group, Jackson, MS

May – Dec 1942 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, Columbia, SC

Dec 42 – Apr 1943 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, Lakeland, FL

13 May- 12 Jun 1943 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, RAF Earls Colne,

England

13 Jun – Nov 1943 Hq Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, 94th Bomb Group

(Heavy), RAF Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, England

Dec 43 – Mar 1945 First Sgt. (promoted to MSgt on 1 Jan 44), 453rd Sub-Depot, RAF

Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, England

Apr – July 1945 Group Sgt. Major, 312th Air Base Group, RAF Rougham, Bury St.

Edmunds, England

July 1945 Detached to 711th Bomb Sq., 447th Bomb Gp, RAF Rattlesden for out-

processing; returned to RAF Rougham after one day with 447th BG



POST WAR

Jul –Dec 1945 Returned to CONUS (Camp McCoy, WI) – on leave & processing to

return to Europe; Separation from initial enlistment was at Camp

McCoy on 20 Oct 1945

Jan – Apr 1946 Married in Scotland, on leave & processing for assignment to Germany

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Phillips, Wisconsin 2 February 1920

Died

25 February 2017

Other

Married Annie Trotter

Kirkcaldy, UK

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Added event and connections from information in biography field and uploaded biography, Document 27840:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/27840

Date
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Personal interview with member as conducted by his son, Col Glenn Brazelton

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son Glenn

Allen I Brazelton: Gallery (4 items)