John D Brown

Military
media-38273.jpeg UPL 38273 "Capt. Brown And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 1 January 1945."

Rear L-R: 1Lt John D Brown, Capt John J Brown, 2Lt Joseph F "Bud" Meusel, 1Lt William F Schliefer.

Front L-R: Sgt Oledburne D Wells, S/Sgt Norman D Martin, T/Sgt Garciano J Arellano, T/Sgt Leon W "Scrappy" Hoffman, Sgt James "Jezek" Ellis.

Object Number - UPL 38273 - "Capt. Brown And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England,...

Missions: 1944 - Jul 31 Munich; Aug 1 Chartres; 3 Strasbourg; 4 Aliclam; 9 Luxembourg; 14 Haguenau; 25 Peenemunde; Sep 11 Merseburg; 17 Gordesbeek; 19 Hamm; 28 Magdeburg; Oct 3 Nurnberg; 14 Cologne; 15 Cologne; 17 Cologne; 19 Mannheim; Nov 25 Merseburg; 26 Misburg; Dec 5 Berlin; 6 Merseburg; 11 Frankfurt; 29 Bingen; 31 Krefeld; 1945 - Jan 7 Bitburg; 10 Euskirchen; 17 Paderborn; 21 Ashaffenburg; 29 Bed Kreuznack; Feb 16 Gelsenkirchen; 20 Nurnberg. We lost at least one engine on over half of missions flown. On one mission, we lost three engines and landed in open field in Belgium. We made our way into Brussels which had only been liberated about three days before.



DFC/ Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ 2 Bronze Service Stars

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817187
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Sevierville, Tennessee 1 August 1921

Died

9 September 2008

Buried

Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, TN 14 September 2008 Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tennessee

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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