Robert Myron Brown

Military

Assigned 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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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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