Brandle Richard H.

Monuments

B-25 43-27709 ‘Schnapps Yo-Yo’ Plaque

Name:

Richard H. Brandle

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-693839

Unit:

486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1944-11-05

State:

Philadelphia

Cemetery:

Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Comments:

Richard H. Brandle served in the 486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group, Medium, as a First Lieutenant during World War II.

The pilot on the B-25 #43-27709 'Schnapps Yoyo,' 1Lt Brandle was declared Missing in Action on November 5, 1944, when his airplane disappeared during the mission to bomb a rail bridge south of Padua, Italy. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Florence American Cemetery, Impruneta, Italy. He also has a cenotaph located in the Greenwood Cemetery in New Jersey. His name is commemorated on a plaque located in Santa-Maria-Poggio, France, but his surname is spelled as 'Brandie.'