2LT Abner Richard Brooks Jr. (1921-1943)

2LT Abner Richard Brooks Jr. Veteran

Birth

13 Jun 1921

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA

Death

13 Jan 1943 (aged 21)

Calhoun County, Florida, USA

Burial

Fort Bliss National Cemetery

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA Add to Map

Plot

SECTION B SITE 250

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2nd Lieutenant Brooks perished in the crash of
U.S. Army Air Corps B-26B Marauder
#41-17927 when it crashed into a forest
southwest of Blountsville, Florida.

All six of the MacDill Field-based crew aboard
were killed.

1st Lt. Neil B. Synder, Pilot

2nd Lt. Sanford O. Schulert

S/Sgt. Walter E. Chatham

S/Sgt. Waldo W. Lindsey

Cpl. William Buckley

Military Information: 2LT, US ARMY AIR CORPS

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2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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Ida Mae Brooks Cannon

1913–1982

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