Louis J Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31798 11-Apr-44; hit by Fw190's, crashed Bad Doberan. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3801
MIA, later declared KIA. Only member of his crew whose body was never recovered.
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34331218 / O-754436
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rose O'Day
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Monticellio, Maine, USA | 2 June 1924 | Son of Frank N. and Mary Elizabeth [Mahoney] Brown. |
Enlisted |
Bangor, ME | 5 January 1943 | Bangor, Maine |
Died |
Bad Doberan, Germany | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31798 11-Apr-44; hit by Fw190's, crashed Bad Doberan. KIA MACR 3801 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horham | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets Of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Buried |
Saint Marys Cemetery Houlton, Aroostook County, ME | Memorialised Saint Marys Cemetery Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine |
Revisions
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I'm Sgt. Brown's great-nephew, and the family authority on Sgt. Brown and his service. I've pieced together the details of his service through recently declassified US Military reports, and through interviewing the two remaining living survivors of his aircrew.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database