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Personal info

Full name
BRINSON, Philip Lester
Date of birth
16 November 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
East Mayport, Duval County, Florida
Hometown
Miami, Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34208695
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
450th Bombardment Squadron,
322nd Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 September 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Phillip P. Brinson (father)
Mary E. (Lester) Brinson (mother)
Patricia J. Brinson (sister)
Mary F. Brinson (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-18058
Data
Type: B-26B
Destination: Le Portel, France
Mission: Bombing of coastal defenses
MACR: 15604

More information

S/Sgt Philip L. Brinson attended high school for two years. He was employed at Luby Chevrolet Company.

He enlisted on 3 July 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida.

The airplane was hit by flak over the target and turned for home, but went out of control, and disintegrated prior to crashing into the North Sea. The entire crew of six men was killed.

S/Sgt Brinson is remembered at Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com, www.usaafdata.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com