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Personal info

Full name
BRADY, Richard Douglass "Doug/dunkie Dink"
Date of birth
26 January 1905
Age
40
Place of birth
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Hometown
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34262791
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
43rd Troop Carrier Squadron,
315th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Rees, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Walter D. Brady (father)
Martha E. (Munnerlyn) Brady (mother)
Elizabeth Brady (sister)
Walter M. Brady (brother)
Alfred J. Brady (brother)
Harold S. Brady (brother)
Martha L. Brady (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-15256
Data
Type: C-47A
Destination: Dropzone "A", Rees, Germany
Mission: Paratrooper drop
MACR: 13385

More information

After dropping paratroopers, his airplane was hit by flak but managed to fly five miles west until it nosed down in a gentle glide into the ground, exploding on contact.

It carried a five-man crew, of which three men were killed. The other two returned to duty. It also carried nineteen passengers, all members of the British 6th Airborne Division, who all jumped before the airplane was hit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Walter Dennis Brady - kugelp2295 Family Tree, Book: The Last Drop, March 24-25, 1945 by Stephen L. Wright,WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Technical High School 1922