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Biography Summary
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Mark E. Bradley
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First served with 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge
Field, Michigan and with 18th Group in Hawaii. 1937 Went to Wright Field to attend Air Corps Engineering School, graduating 1938. After year as test pilot in Flight Test Section, became Project Officer - P-40 airplane program,
Which began production in 1939.
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Wayne A. Brainard
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Took basic training at Coleman, Texas, Randolph
and Kelly Fields. Graduated in July, 1942 - Class 42 F. He reported for duty with the 56th Fighter Group in Windsor Locks, Conn. - going overseas with the 62nd Squad. In Jan. of'43. While in England he received 4 Air Medals and 2 D.F.C.'s.
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Stephen B. Brak
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Enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation
Cadet in May 1942. Graduated and commissioned
at Marianna, Florida Oct. 1943. After fighter training in P-47's at Perry, Florida, shipped overseas to England and assigned to the 358th Fighter Group.
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Fred V. Brandt
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Trained in P-47's at Richmond, Va.,
Dover, Del. and Atcham, England before
being assigned to 512th Fighter Sq. 406th
Fighter Group, 9th Air Force at Mourmelon,
France in Sept. 1944. He flew ground support
missions, destroying trains, trucks, tanks
artillery until 24 Feb. 1945 when debris
exploding ammo. train smashed the
canopy and put him in the hospital for 3 mo.
With eye injuries.
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Whitney W. Brayton
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After receiving his wings and commission
at Dothan, Alabama, he spent fifteen
months in the Southeast Flying Training
Command instructing at Greenville, Mississippi
and Malden, Missouri. He attended P-47 transition and gunnery School at Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia before sailing for the 397th Fighter Squadron,368th Fighter Group in Metz, France,
where he participated in 32 dive-bombing
and straffing missions before V-E Day.
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Robert A. Brewer
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Among his more interesting sorties were:
dive bombing the cruiser Taranto in La
Spezia harbor, covering landings on D-day in
Southern France, letting the steam out of
three German locomotives, putting a lOO.
pound phosphorus bomb in the cab of another,
learning to coordinate stick and rudder
momentarily on the bomb run so he could get
pretty close to the target, and flying too low,
slow, and close to an enemy airfield while
coming off a strafing run (he lost a flight
leader on that one).
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John L. Brindle 'Jack'
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First Assignment - Eastern Defense Comm. - 326th Fighter Group, Westover Field, Massachusetts, flying P-47. Then October of 1943 was assigned to 373rd Fighter Group - 410th Squadron (P-47)
which was transferred to England - 9th
Airforce - 1944.
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Captain John E. Brink
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My grandfather (Captain John E. Brink) recently passed away and was a P-47 thunderbolt pilot for the Army Air Corp in Italy during WWII. He has many photos and stories that I believe would benefit the p47pilots.com website! I was fortunate enough to hear some of his stories before he passed and was taken away and overwhelmed with what he went through during that difficult time!
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Herbert Henry Brothers
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Herbert Henry Brothers was a P-47 pilot in WWII and retired as a Lt Col in the late 60s
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Henry William Brown
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WWII FIGHTER ACE!
Joined USA Reserves December 1941, graduated from Flight School at Spence Field, GA as a Flight Officer in March 1943. Joined the 354FS/355th FG at Steeple Morden, England in November, 1943 and promoted to Lieutenant in January, 1944.
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