Phillip Brourman
Military"From a Boy to a Man" by Richard R Orlando May 2019
He flew on Ragner Carlson crew. Reported to group on 28 Nov 1943. Became Prisoner of War (POW) 22 March 1944 on Berlin mission. Damaged by flak and later attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31524 crash-landed at Horsey Gap, Norfolk after four crewman baled out near Vechta, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
He was after the war in retail merchandising.
POW, AM OLC, PH,
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32717953
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
24 April 2000 | ||
Buried |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; 306th Echoes, October 2000, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 220 & 225, KU 682A Report, MACR 434, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…