Name | Brittain, Arthur Edward ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 13096046 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943. |
Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 12 August 1943 |
Results |
Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing |
Decorations | Awarded an oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for shooting down one enemy aircraft on 25 July 1943. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 287⇓ (21.188 MB) |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Manning, Raymond Walter⇗ | Pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Gauntt, Norman Alton⇗ | Co-pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Henley, R O (IO), Jr⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Dillon, Warren Blodgett⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Brittain, Arthur Edward | Radio Operator / Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Goldman, Robert Phillip⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Overbaugh, Paul Leon⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Quaranta, Robert John⇗ | Tail Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Avey, Howard Francis⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Williams, Joseph P (IO)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑30139⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
4⇗ | 28 June 1943 |
Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑30139⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back with #2 supercharger malfunctioning. Sortie Report⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
10⇗ | 25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑30139⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
11⇗ | 28 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
12⇗ | 29 July 1943 |
Target: Naval Base Type: Military Location: Kiel, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑3216⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
14⇗ | 12 August 1943 |
Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑3231⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft, crashed [SE of] Liblar, Germany. MACR 287 Sortie Report⇗ |