Cassius is the son of Cassius Clay Brandenburg, Sr and Margaret Sue "Maggie" Campbell Brandenburg. Cassius was married to Cora Ann Foote Jungkind on 16 Aug 1942 in Walla Walla, Washington.
Entered the Army Air Corps in Louisiana as an Aviation Cadet on 27 Dec 1941.
From the WWII Casualty Listings:
Name: Cassius Brandenburg
Death Date: 26 Feb 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action
Cemetery City: Cambridge
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-727619
Division: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
26 FEB 1943 MISSION DETAILS - Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter I. Mueller, the Office of Air Force History.
Official Air Force Mission Description
VIII Bomber Command Mission 37: 76 B-17s of the 1st Bombardment Wing and 17 B-24s of the 2d Bombardment Wing are dispatched against Bremen, Germany. The primary target is overcast so 59 B-17s and 6 B-24s attack the docks and surrounding areas of Wilhelmshaven, Germany dropping 164.25 tons of bombs between 1123 and 1125 hours local. We claim 21 Luftwaffe fighters destroyed, 9 probably destroyed and 5 damaged; we lose 5 B-17s and 2 B-24s plus 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 14 WIA and 73 MIA. The Luftwaffe attempts air-to-air bombing by fighter aircraft and the use of parachute bombs fired by AAA. Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly 82 uneventful sorties; 6 on shipping patrols and 76 on 3 missions escorting Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
S/N 41-24447
Nickname: Kickapoo
Type: B-17F-10-BO
Radio-call: LL-H
Bomber Squadron 401
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Target: docks
MARC 3575
P Capt. John T Swais MIA
CP 1lt Harry O Green MIA
N 2lt Ralston E Bixler MIA
B 2lt Cassius C Brandenburg MIA
E T/Sgt Walter E Gilroy MIA
RO T/Sgt Everett Gause MIA
BTG S/Sgt Arthur A Sullivan MIA
WG S/Sgt Robert A DeBarbrie MIA
WG S/Sgt Gregg Nesemeier MIA
TG S/Sgt Herbert E Fisher MIA
Plane was last seen over the North sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found all 10 men on the wall of missing at Cambridge.
ALSO SEE FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL for/ Cassius Clay Brandenburg, at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, LA. Cassius's mother, Margaret Sue (Campbell) Brandenburg, on 18 Sept 1962 submitted a "Application for Headstone or Marker" for a Marker to be place in the Brandenburg family plot in the Cottage Grove Cemetery.
Entered the Army Air Corps in Louisiana as an Aviation Cadet on 27 Dec 1941.
From the WWII Casualty Listings:
Name: Cassius Brandenburg
Death Date: 26 Feb 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action
Cemetery City: Cambridge
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-727619
Division: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
26 FEB 1943 MISSION DETAILS - Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter I. Mueller, the Office of Air Force History.
Official Air Force Mission Description
VIII Bomber Command Mission 37: 76 B-17s of the 1st Bombardment Wing and 17 B-24s of the 2d Bombardment Wing are dispatched against Bremen, Germany. The primary target is overcast so 59 B-17s and 6 B-24s attack the docks and surrounding areas of Wilhelmshaven, Germany dropping 164.25 tons of bombs between 1123 and 1125 hours local. We claim 21 Luftwaffe fighters destroyed, 9 probably destroyed and 5 damaged; we lose 5 B-17s and 2 B-24s plus 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 14 WIA and 73 MIA. The Luftwaffe attempts air-to-air bombing by fighter aircraft and the use of parachute bombs fired by AAA. Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly 82 uneventful sorties; 6 on shipping patrols and 76 on 3 missions escorting Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
S/N 41-24447
Nickname: Kickapoo
Type: B-17F-10-BO
Radio-call: LL-H
Bomber Squadron 401
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Target: docks
MARC 3575
P Capt. John T Swais MIA
CP 1lt Harry O Green MIA
N 2lt Ralston E Bixler MIA
B 2lt Cassius C Brandenburg MIA
E T/Sgt Walter E Gilroy MIA
RO T/Sgt Everett Gause MIA
BTG S/Sgt Arthur A Sullivan MIA
WG S/Sgt Robert A DeBarbrie MIA
WG S/Sgt Gregg Nesemeier MIA
TG S/Sgt Herbert E Fisher MIA
Plane was last seen over the North sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found all 10 men on the wall of missing at Cambridge.
ALSO SEE FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL for/ Cassius Clay Brandenburg, at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, LA. Cassius's mother, Margaret Sue (Campbell) Brandenburg, on 18 Sept 1962 submitted a "Application for Headstone or Marker" for a Marker to be place in the Brandenburg family plot in the Cottage Grove Cemetery.
Cassius is the son of Cassius Clay Brandenburg, Sr and Margaret Sue "Maggie" Campbell Brandenburg. Cassius was married to Cora Ann Foote Jungkind on 16 Aug 1942 in Walla Walla, Washington.
Entered the Army Air Corps in Louisiana as an Aviation Cadet on 27 Dec 1941.
From the WWII Casualty Listings:
Name: Cassius Brandenburg
Death Date: 26 Feb 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action
Cemetery City: Cambridge
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-727619
Division: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
26 FEB 1943 MISSION DETAILS - Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter I. Mueller, the Office of Air Force History.
Official Air Force Mission Description
VIII Bomber Command Mission 37: 76 B-17s of the 1st Bombardment Wing and 17 B-24s of the 2d Bombardment Wing are dispatched against Bremen, Germany. The primary target is overcast so 59 B-17s and 6 B-24s attack the docks and surrounding areas of Wilhelmshaven, Germany dropping 164.25 tons of bombs between 1123 and 1125 hours local. We claim 21 Luftwaffe fighters destroyed, 9 probably destroyed and 5 damaged; we lose 5 B-17s and 2 B-24s plus 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 14 WIA and 73 MIA. The Luftwaffe attempts air-to-air bombing by fighter aircraft and the use of parachute bombs fired by AAA. Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly 82 uneventful sorties; 6 on shipping patrols and 76 on 3 missions escorting Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
S/N 41-24447
Nickname: Kickapoo
Type: B-17F-10-BO
Radio-call: LL-H
Bomber Squadron 401
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Target: docks
MARC 3575
P Capt. John T Swais MIA
CP 1lt Harry O Green MIA
N 2lt Ralston E Bixler MIA
B 2lt Cassius C Brandenburg MIA
E T/Sgt Walter E Gilroy MIA
RO T/Sgt Everett Gause MIA
BTG S/Sgt Arthur A Sullivan MIA
WG S/Sgt Robert A DeBarbrie MIA
WG S/Sgt Gregg Nesemeier MIA
TG S/Sgt Herbert E Fisher MIA
Plane was last seen over the North sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found all 10 men on the wall of missing at Cambridge.
ALSO SEE FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL for/ Cassius Clay Brandenburg, at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, LA. Cassius's mother, Margaret Sue (Campbell) Brandenburg, on 18 Sept 1962 submitted a "Application for Headstone or Marker" for a Marker to be place in the Brandenburg family plot in the Cottage Grove Cemetery.
Entered the Army Air Corps in Louisiana as an Aviation Cadet on 27 Dec 1941.
From the WWII Casualty Listings:
Name: Cassius Brandenburg
Death Date: 26 Feb 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action
Cemetery City: Cambridge
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-727619
Division: 401st Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
26 FEB 1943 MISSION DETAILS - Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter I. Mueller, the Office of Air Force History.
Official Air Force Mission Description
VIII Bomber Command Mission 37: 76 B-17s of the 1st Bombardment Wing and 17 B-24s of the 2d Bombardment Wing are dispatched against Bremen, Germany. The primary target is overcast so 59 B-17s and 6 B-24s attack the docks and surrounding areas of Wilhelmshaven, Germany dropping 164.25 tons of bombs between 1123 and 1125 hours local. We claim 21 Luftwaffe fighters destroyed, 9 probably destroyed and 5 damaged; we lose 5 B-17s and 2 B-24s plus 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair; casualties are 14 WIA and 73 MIA. The Luftwaffe attempts air-to-air bombing by fighter aircraft and the use of parachute bombs fired by AAA. Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly 82 uneventful sorties; 6 on shipping patrols and 76 on 3 missions escorting Venturas attacking Dunkirk, France.
S/N 41-24447
Nickname: Kickapoo
Type: B-17F-10-BO
Radio-call: LL-H
Bomber Squadron 401
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Target: docks
MARC 3575
P Capt. John T Swais MIA
CP 1lt Harry O Green MIA
N 2lt Ralston E Bixler MIA
B 2lt Cassius C Brandenburg MIA
E T/Sgt Walter E Gilroy MIA
RO T/Sgt Everett Gause MIA
BTG S/Sgt Arthur A Sullivan MIA
WG S/Sgt Robert A DeBarbrie MIA
WG S/Sgt Gregg Nesemeier MIA
TG S/Sgt Herbert E Fisher MIA
Plane was last seen over the North sea about 20 miles north of Norderney Island. No trace of the plane or crew was ever found all 10 men on the wall of missing at Cambridge.
ALSO SEE FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL for/ Cassius Clay Brandenburg, at Cottage Grove Cemetery, Benton, Bossier Parish, LA. Cassius's mother, Margaret Sue (Campbell) Brandenburg, on 18 Sept 1962 submitted a "Application for Headstone or Marker" for a Marker to be place in the Brandenburg family plot in the Cottage Grove Cemetery.
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