The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Willard A.C. Brisson held the rank of Corporal, serial number 34859923, listed in position 8 aboard the aircraft.
His status was recorded as DNB (did not bail out) in the MACR. The aircraft was shot down into the sea near Clacton, England on 5 March 1945.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Corporal
Serial Number
34857923
Hometown
NC
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 22 Feb 1945
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 841
22 Feb 1945
Target unrecorded
“O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Cambridge American Cemetery
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record
Second Air Division
Roll of Honor
Published