Brunmier, Carland Edward

Date of birth:: May 13th, 1918 (Corona/California, United States)
Date of death:: December 9th, 2009 (Loma Linda/California, United States)
Nationality:: American

Biography

During the Second World War Carland Brunmier was credited with a total of 6 kills.

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Navy Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: Pilot Fighting Squadron 44 (VF-44), U.S.S. Langley (CV-27)
Awarded on:: December 22nd, 1944

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron FORTY-FOUR (VF-44), attached to the U.S.S. LANGLEY (CV-27), in action against enemy Japanese forces during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, on 25 October 1944. After one of our carriers had been seriously damaged, Lieutenant Commander Brunmier courageously led his division in a daring attack against twelve Japanese fighter planes within a much larger formation and, despite the overwhelming odds, succeeded in destroying three enemy planes, thereby contributing in large measure to the dispersal of the hostile forces at a critical time when it was within thirty miles of our surface units. By his splendid airmanship and gallant devotion to duty, Lieutenant Commander Brunmier upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

At the time of the action he still was Lieutenant.
Commander 2d Carrier Task Force Pacific: Serial 0568 (December 22, 1944)