Elmer Logan Brown Jr

Military

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD)*. ETD.



Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME - Caterpiller Club.



* On return to base, found his possessions had been emptied from his locker, having been assumed MIA.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Squaw
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot aka Vat 69 aka Vicious Virgin
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Golconda, Illionis 31 March 1918 Son of Elmer Logan Sr and Mona Marie [Bauer] Brown.

Enlisted

Kansas City, KS 24 January 1942 Kansas City, Kansas

Died

Corona Del Mar, CA 3 August 1997

Buried

Off South California coast Cremated and ashes scattered off South Californian coast.
Jackson County, MO
St Louis, MO At time of draft registration; Working at Barry-Wehmiller Machine Co. St Louis, Missouri.

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter, Roll of Honor,   Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Biship & Hey p. 269