Leon W Brownlee
MilitaryCapt William N Frost [Pilot], 2nd Lt Robert L Mays [CoPilot], 2nd Lt Joe R Phillips [Nav], 2nd Lt Leon W Brownlee [Bomb]
TSgt Kenneth G Hildebrand [Eng/tt gun], Sgt Joseph E Powers [Radio], Sgt Floyd J Shaw [Ball], Sgt William S Devine [L Waist],
Sgt Billie K Davis [R Waist], Sgt James R Toney, Jr [Tail].
Baled out of B-17 41-24582 'One O' Clock Jump' while serving as Navigator 12-Dec-1942. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew 2 Operations (see Biography events).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: One O'Clock Jump
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Mission #1 1LT Leon W. Brownlee, w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on 41-24582, "One O'Clock Jump", 303BG/358BS on mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France (RTB OK) |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 12 December 1942 - 4 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45. |
Other Mission #2 1LT Leon W. Brownlee, w/41-24582, 303BG/358BS POW |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on 41-24582 "One O'Clock Jump", 303bG/358BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. (POW) |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission 32 event per 303Bg website Mission Report of 12-Dec-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 6-Aug-2015. Added Mission #1event per 303BG website Mission Report of 23-Nov-42, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 9-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MAC) 16031; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16031, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 53