Gordon Phillip Brown Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. Evaded (EVD) MACR 9135
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15134066 / O-823337
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Fort Thomas, Newport, KY | 7 August 1940 | Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky |
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Other Baled out EVD |
Nth of Mostar, Yugoslavia | 7 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. EVD MACR 9135 |
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Born |
Kentucky, USA | Son of Gordon Phillip Sr and Laura T [Schwienher] Brown. | |
| Fairfield, OH | |||
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Based |
Manduria | 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. |