Robert Myron Brown
MilitaryAssigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Neerpelt on 30-Nov-43 in P-47 42-8411 (not sure what happened MACR did not say).
Awards: PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Saginaw County, MI, USA | 5 November 1921 | Son of Ralph Alton and Nellie Pauline [Kirby] Brown. |
Enlisted |
Saginaw, MI, USA | 28 January 1942 | |
Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 6 September 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3910 Neerpelt, Belgium | 30 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Neerpelt on 30-Nov-43 in P-47 42-8411. MACR 1434. |
Based |
Bodney | 30 November 1943 | Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Flight training |
Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, 185 W Trendley Ave, East St Louis, IL 62201, USA | Flight training - Primary. St Louis IL. | |
Other Flight training |
Enid, OK, USA | Flight training - Basic. Enid OK. | |
Other Flight training |
430, 351 Kearney Blvd #119E, Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX 76908, USA | Flight training - Advanced. Foster Field TX. | |
Other Commissioned |
430, 351 Kearney Blvd #119E, Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX 76908, USA | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Saginaw, MI, USA | |||
Buried |
Saginaw, MI, USA | Roselawn Memorial Gardens Saginaw Saginaw County Michigan, USA |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1434 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list