Bracken Leonard Edward

Monuments

B-24 (42-52498) 'Sugar Baby' Crash Site Marker (Tyrol Air Battle)

Name:

Leonard Edward Bracken

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

780th Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1990-04-22

State:

Tennessee

Cemetery:

Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Plot:

Section SS

Row:

Grave:

Site 257

Decoration:

Comments:

Leonard Edward Bracken was born on December 21, 1923. He was the husband of Betty Card Bracken.

He served in the 780th Bomber Squadron, 465th Bomber Group, as a Technical Sergeant and Engineer on the B-24 "Sugar Baby" #42-52498 during World War II.

On August 3, 1944, his crew took off from Pantanella, Italy, on a bombing mission over Friedrichshafen, Germany. On their return, they were attacked and shot down by German aircraft. His aircraft crashed at Brendlkar, Tyrol, Austria. His crew lost 2 members in this incident while the remaining were taken as prisoners, including TSgt Bracken. Some sources of information reference the location of the crash as Ehrwald.

TSgt Bracken died on April 22, 1990, at the age of 66. He is now buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.