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Philip Lester Brinson collection, 1940-1994

 

Summary

Creator:
Brinson, Philip Lester, 1917-1943
Extent:
1 boxes
7 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Philip Lester Brinson collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-02-0309

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Staff Sergeant Philip Lester Brinson who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the tail gunner position on B-26B aircraft number 41-18058 Martin Marauder with the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group (Medium) during World War II. On September 9. 1943, this aircraft was hit by flak on a mission to Boulogne, France. The aircraft subsequently flipped over and crashed into the English Channel which killed the entire crew. Brinson was awarded the Purple Heart medal and Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster. This collection includes photographs, documents, Brinson's engraved Purple Heart Medal, and his wallet that was returned to the family after his death.

Biographical / historical:

Philip Lester Brinson was born on Novemer 16, 1917 in Mayport, Duval County, FL. He joined the U.S. Army at Camp Blanding, FL on July 3, 1942. Brinson was killed in action along with the entire crew of B-26 serial number 41-18058 assigned to the 322 Bomb Group, 450th Bomb Squadron at Andrews Field, UK. The aircraft was struck by flak over the target of the coastal defenses near Boulogne, France. The aircraft entered a spin, rolled on its back and crashed into the English Channel. The loss was assigned Missing Air Crew Report MACR15604. The remains of the crew where not found. The crew is listed in the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium on the Tablets of the Missing.

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Philip Lester Brinson collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-02-0309

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA