Name:
William Oswald "Ossie" Brite
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-885171
Unit:
71st Eagle Squadron
Date of Death:
1943-04-27
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, UK
Plot:
Tablet of Missing
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Comments:
From American Air Museum Britain: Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 334FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, Transferred to 6th Fighter Wing 12-42 Fighter instructor, 27 APR 43 MIA/ FOD .