Name:
Kenneth G. Brookshier
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
38395408
Unit:
786th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-06-25
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Retrop Cemetery, Retrop, Oklahoma
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart, Air Medal
Comments:
Born 18 May 1922
From Sentinel, Oklahoma
Mechanic of the B-24 Liberator 41-29371 “Crippled Bitch” that took off from Station 120 Attlebridge in Norfolk, UK on a mission to bomb the airfield at Bretigny-sur-Orge in France. The plane was hit by flak before it had released its bombs. The flaming plane was partially evacuated before it disintegrated in an in-flight explosion at 20,000 feet at around 7:30 pm. Brookshier was killed in the explosion