SSgt Robert C Brotherton (1923-1944)

SSgt Robert C Brotherton Veteran

Birth

20 Apr 1923

Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA

Death

20 Jun 1944 (aged 21)

Saint-Saens, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Burial

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

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Plot B Row 5 Grave 34

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USAAF WWII
Radio Op. S/Sgt. Robert C. Brotherton KIA
Hometown:
Squadron: 701st, 445th Bomber Group
Service# 17155157
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Pilot

MACR 5928
Target: V-1 launch site at St. Martins, France.
Date Lost: 20-Jun-44
Serial Number: #42-95098
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Ventes-Saint-Remy, 8 miles SE of Neuchatel-en-Bray, France
Cause: Hit by flak, caught fire, & exploded in midair 4 KIA, 2 POW, 4 evaded.

Crew of 42-95098
1st/Lt. Charles H. ThorntonPilot
2nd/Lt. Bruce D. MacDonald Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. William L. Schellhas Navigator KIA
S/Sgt. Shelley D Montgomery Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt.Emillo T. Prisinzano Engineer KIA
S/Sgt. Robert C. Brotherton Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. John L.. McGarry Gunner
S/Sgt. Harley M. Jones Gunner EVD
S/Sgt. Jack J Fetterly Gunner
S/Sgt. Hessell P. Edmonds Gunner

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