Oliver E Brown

Military

INT Had mechanical and landed in Sweden in B-17 Yardbird #42102663 on 7/18/44

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yardbird
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

3 August 1972

Born

Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 18 July 1944

Revisions

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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 MACR 7552 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7552 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database