Robert Christy Brown Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 27396 - 2Lt Robert C Brown 20th FG
Lost on first mission when he accidentally rammed his flight leader Capt Joe McKeon while flying P-51D 44-14331 on 7-Oct-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9256.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-428402
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Rochester, PA, USA | 22 May 1924 | Son of Robert C and Elsie M [Groscost] Brown. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 4 November 1942 | |
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Based |
Wittering | 18 September 1944 - 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Mid Air Collision / Baled out |
Police, Poland | 7 October 1944 | Lost on first mission when he accidentally rammed his flight leader Capt Joe McKeon while flying P-51D 44-14331 7-Oct-44. POW. MACR 9256 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Beaver, PA, USA | 14 January 1984 | |
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Buried |
Sylvania Hills Memorial Park Rochester Beaver County PA | 17 January 1984 | Sylvania Hills Memorial Park Rochester Beaver County Pennsylvania, USA |
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Other Flight training - Advanced |
Moore Air Base, 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20591, USA | Advanced flight training. Class 43-K. Moore Field, Mission, Texas. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9256 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
