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2LT George A Brast

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2LT George A Brast

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23 May 1943 (aged 22–23)
West Yellowstone, Gallatin County, Montana, USA
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North Amityville, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
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2nd Lieutenant Brast was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.

The crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood

2nd Lieutenant Brast was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress #42-30260, serving with the 385th Bomb Group, 548th Bomb Squadron. While on a training flight out of Lewiston Army Airfield, the bomber experienced severe turbulence at 15,000 feet and an engine caught fire. Pilot Lt. Roy Thompson ordered a bailout, but only one crewmember escaped in time before the B-17 crashed four miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana.

The crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Roy E. Thompson (pilot)
2nd Lt. George A. Brast
2nd Lt. Robert K. Edwards
2nd Lt. James J. Highley
S/Sgt. Alexander G. Jurkowski
S/Sgt. Willard McCune
S/Sgt. Lawrence W. Medlin
S/Sgt. Donald W. Rice
S/Sgt. Leo E. Thorn
S/Sgt. Gilbert E. Underwood

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  • Created by: GLENN
  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35206482/george_a-brast: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT George A Brast (1920–23 May 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35206482, citing Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, North Amityville, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by GLENN (contributor 46957035).