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Personal info

Full name
BRUNSON, Clyde Pierce
Date of birth
9 April 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana
Hometown
Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-684263
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
743rd Bombardment Squadron,
455th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1944
Place of death
Preitenegg, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Leon W. Brunson (father)
Cora L. (Ruper) Brunson (mother)
Lillian Brunson (sister)
Richard V. Brunson (brother)
William R. Brunson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52271
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Styer, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR: 3471

More information

1st Lt Clyde P. Brunson attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 11 April 1941.

Richard J. Haney:

On April 2, 1944, At approximately 1130 our right wing man Lt. Glyde P. Brunson and his crew in ship Number 271, was seen to make a slow descending turn to the tight with left wing, engine and left rudder on fire. Two men were seen bailing out and one chute opened. I then saw the ship blow up.

S/Sgt Jack E. Dohlin:

All members bailed out except Pilot, Co-Pilot and Nose Gunner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McCalmant Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://aircrewremembered.com

Photo source: Kathy Selman, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-F Ellington Fd Texas