Robert J Brennan

Military
media-44029.jpeg UPL 44029 1LT Robert J. Brennan
Pilot
452nd BG - 730th BS

Object Number - UPL 44029 - 1LT Robert J. Brennan Pilot 452nd BG - 730th BS

Attacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39985 crashed SE of Hamelin, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW



Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess of FUBAR
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA 9 April 1920

Died

Monroe, MI 26 November 2006

Buried

LaSalle, MI 29 November 2006 Roselawn Memorial Park LaSalle, Michigan, USA

Other

Shot Down/Captured

near Hamelin, Germany 23 March 1944

Other

Graduated

Washington, DC Georgetown University

Revisions

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Sources

edited by Thomas Brennan (son) 6/6/2017

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3551 / MACR 3551, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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