Major Fred Ford Bronson of Memphis, TN, was a pilot during WWII and was shot down near the town of Honfleur in occupied France on July 7th, 1944. He was held as a POW in Stalag Luft 1 at Barth, Germany.
While at Stalag Luft I, he was charged by the Germans with inciting American officers to disobedience or resistance or else to undermine the discipline of the German Army.
He remained in the Air Force until his death from his second heart attack in December, 1965, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Colonel when he died.
He flew a B-26 in the Korean combat. In the early 1950's, his family joined him in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan. He held various assignments taking the family to other locations in Europe and the United States.
One assignment in the late 1950's was the War College at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL where he taught his former enemies, officers of the German Luftwaffe. One became a longtime family friend.
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His obituary was published on 8 Dec 1965, pg. 30 in the Albuquerque Journal.
Although the obit says he was born in Memphis, his WWII draft registration says he was born in Shreveport. Shreveport is corroborated by the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records, indicating he was born in Louisiana.
While at Stalag Luft I, he was charged by the Germans with inciting American officers to disobedience or resistance or else to undermine the discipline of the German Army.
He remained in the Air Force until his death from his second heart attack in December, 1965, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Colonel when he died.
He flew a B-26 in the Korean combat. In the early 1950's, his family joined him in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan. He held various assignments taking the family to other locations in Europe and the United States.
One assignment in the late 1950's was the War College at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL where he taught his former enemies, officers of the German Luftwaffe. One became a longtime family friend.
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His obituary was published on 8 Dec 1965, pg. 30 in the Albuquerque Journal.
Although the obit says he was born in Memphis, his WWII draft registration says he was born in Shreveport. Shreveport is corroborated by the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records, indicating he was born in Louisiana.
Major Fred Ford Bronson of Memphis, TN, was a pilot during WWII and was shot down near the town of Honfleur in occupied France on July 7th, 1944. He was held as a POW in Stalag Luft 1 at Barth, Germany.
While at Stalag Luft I, he was charged by the Germans with inciting American officers to disobedience or resistance or else to undermine the discipline of the German Army.
He remained in the Air Force until his death from his second heart attack in December, 1965, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Colonel when he died.
He flew a B-26 in the Korean combat. In the early 1950's, his family joined him in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan. He held various assignments taking the family to other locations in Europe and the United States.
One assignment in the late 1950's was the War College at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL where he taught his former enemies, officers of the German Luftwaffe. One became a longtime family friend.
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His obituary was published on 8 Dec 1965, pg. 30 in the Albuquerque Journal.
Although the obit says he was born in Memphis, his WWII draft registration says he was born in Shreveport. Shreveport is corroborated by the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records, indicating he was born in Louisiana.
While at Stalag Luft I, he was charged by the Germans with inciting American officers to disobedience or resistance or else to undermine the discipline of the German Army.
He remained in the Air Force until his death from his second heart attack in December, 1965, at the age of 49. He held the rank of Colonel when he died.
He flew a B-26 in the Korean combat. In the early 1950's, his family joined him in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan. He held various assignments taking the family to other locations in Europe and the United States.
One assignment in the late 1950's was the War College at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, AL where he taught his former enemies, officers of the German Luftwaffe. One became a longtime family friend.
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His obituary was published on 8 Dec 1965, pg. 30 in the Albuquerque Journal.
Although the obit says he was born in Memphis, his WWII draft registration says he was born in Shreveport. Shreveport is corroborated by the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records, indicating he was born in Louisiana.
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