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Personal info

Full name
BRAND, George J
Date of birth
3 April 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
19070965
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
429th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1943
Place of death
Walpersbach, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 35

Immediate family

Members
Frederick M. Brand (father)
Bessie L. (Bates) Brand (mother)
Frederick G. Brand (brother)
Jennie B. Brand (sister)
Charlotte Brand (sister)
Margarette B. Brand (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30133
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Raggedy Ann
Destination: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory and surrounding industrial complex
MACR: 1112

More information

Sgt George J. Brand attended Thomas Jefferson High School and Lincoln High School and was a driver.

He volunteered for the US Army in Missoula, Montana on 31 January 1942.

F/O Donald E. Elder:
"Plane was hit by enemy fighters over the target Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Brand was hit in chest he did not bail out."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Janet Brand Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Nov.43.html
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