Beryl Joseph Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; A/C Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32357621 / O-758272
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Jose, CA 29 May 1924 Son of Joseph and Helen F Brown.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 15 January 1943 Los Angeles, California

Died

Ludwigshafen, Germany 9 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim; Disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845
Los Angeles, CA Entered service from Los Angeles, CA.

Based

Kimbolton 9 September 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA Re-Interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA Plot C, 232
Artesia, CA In school at time of draft registration.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8845 / MACR 8845; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database