Fred D Brown

Military

B-17G #42-31050 crashed for unknown reasons on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Evaded (EVD).



On 30 July 1943, on return from Kassel raid, crash-landed in aircraft B-17 42-5813 'Jackie Ellen'. May have been Fred Brown listed as LWG.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-5813

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Evaded (EVD)

29 January 1944

Born

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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ContributorLucy May
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MACR 2874 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2874, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 213