Robert J Brown | American Air Museum

Robert J Brown Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 26 June 1943 in B-17 #4230048. Plane hit by flak and fighers, plane crash landed in France.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

544th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30048

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Flak Doger aka Flak Dancer
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Revisions

Date1 Nov 2017 09:28:41

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4752

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:34

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey pp. 165-6, Memories of the 384th BG by Decker, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…