Drew Franklin Holbrook

Military

Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield. On return spotted melee with 2 x dozen Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in ensuing dogfight. Prisoner of War (POW). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11437.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korea medal.



Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korea and Vietnam rising to rank of Colonel.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 373rd Fighter Group 411th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hennepin County, MN, USA 15 December 1917

Enlisted

Denver, CO, USA 11 May 1942

Other

Shot down

Euskirchen, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn airfield. On return spotted melee with 2 x dozen Me109's and 4 x Fw190's shot down in ensuing dogfight. POW. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11437.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

San Bernardino, CA, USA 24 November 2000
San Bernardino, CA, USA

Based

Woodchurch Assigned to 411FS, 373FG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Little Rock, AR, USA Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA