John Kenan Brown

Military
media-29955.jpeg UPL 29955 Capt Jake Brown 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 29955 - Capt Jake Brown 20th FG

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

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

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

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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

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