John Kenan Brown
Military
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UPL 29955
Capt Jake Brown 20th FG
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Flight leader 55th FS 20th FG Sept. 1944 - June 1945. 311 combat hours.
3 air kills (2 x FW-190 + 1 ME-262) and 1/2 ME-262 damaged.
P-51D s/n 44-11196 KI+G
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Jakes Jet Job
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Paducah, Texas | 19 May 1918 | Son of John W. and Emelyn Eunice [Board] Brown. |
Enlisted |
Lubbock, Texas, USA | 29 March 1941 | Lubbock, Texas |
Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
Perleberg, Germany | 14 January 1945 | 2 x Fw190's destroyed . 14-Jan-1945. Perleberg Germany. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Neuruppin, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Me262 destroyed Neuruppin, Germany 10-Apr-45. |
Died |
Springfield, VA | 10 January 2005 | |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery | 13 January 2005 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia |
Cottle County, TX, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list