Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Hello everybody,
does anyone know details of the very last Michaela Brezase´s flight made on February 5, 1954 - e.g. departure time, numbers of aircrafts, pilots names and ranks that parcipated on this flight and also the reason of the crash. Any help and information is highly appreciated Zdenek Kocab |
Re: Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Zdenek,
Cause of crash: midair collison with F-84G of same unit (430 FBS/474 FBG), flown by Capt. Glenn O. Poulson, who also was killed. Serials found are 51-1106 (Brezas) and 51-10391 (Poulson). Routine training mission. Regards, Leendert |
Re: Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Hi,
Does anyone know the exact date when Maj. Michael Brezas became the Commanding officer of 430th FS. Thanks |
Re: Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Hello there Gentlemen,
I've found an entry about Michael Brezas that lists the locations of his kills: https://books.google.ch/books?id=Oq9...20p-38&f=false However I have trouble with the places
Can anybody help me ? Michael |
Re: Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Michael,
Menninger: location of combat is given as 44-50N, 13-10E, Udine area Buzua: location is given as Buzau & Zeolisti A/Ds Blechhammer: a synthetic oil target attacked frequently by 15th AF. Location of combat is given as 10 m S of Bratislavia. See Wikipedia for Blechhammer Kurin: location of combat is given as 49-20N, 16-35E Please do not believe the listing of Brezas as being Hispanic, as given in your source. The family was from Austria, as I remember given in a US census report, and as mentioned by his son. Enjoy! Frank. |
Re: Michael Brezas - February 5, 1954
Good evening Frank,
thanks so much for the coordinates. I had a good time finding them on the map. Now I think Michael Brezas scored over what is now Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Rumania and the Czech Republic. That makes him the top P-38 ace over the continent of Europe because William Sloan scored some of his kills over Africa, didn't he ? Thanks again, Michael |
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