Lloyd Wyatt Brisbi

Military
media-48867.jpeg UPL 48867 2nd Lt Julian T Darlington crew.
Rear L-R: Walter Hardiek, Julian Darlington, Ned Howard, Dale Hulsey, Joseph Turley, Daryl Epp.
Front L-R: Anthony Rauba, Lloyd Brisbi, Joseph Quigley, Major Gillett.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 48867 - 2nd Lt Julian T Darlington crew. Rear L-R: Walter Hardiek, Julian Darlington, Ned Howard, Dale Hulsey, Joseph Turley, Daryl Epp. Front L-R: Anthony...

Assigned to 389BG 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'The Witch' 41-11840 1-Aug-43; Shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 173



Awards: DFC, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15074175 / O-728742
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - The Witch
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, Louisiana 29 June 1916 Son of Gertrude I [Vaughan] Brisbi.

Enlisted

Camp Shelby, MS 13 March 1942 Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Other

Hospitalised

Skopia, Yugoslavia 1 August 1943 Hospitalised, wounded in right knee, leg amputated.

Other

Discharged USAAF

29 June 1945

Other

Medical discharge

29 June 1945 Medical discharged, right leg amputated.

Died

19 January 1990

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA 22 January 1990 Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 389BG 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Sofia, Bulgaria Prisoner of War (POW). Bulgaria

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