John W Brown

Military
media-6454.jpeg UPL 6454 B-24H-15-CF #41-29384 Polaris
466th BG - 787th BS
Code: 6L-R

Crash landed by the John W. Brown Crew on 27 May 1944. All survived and they completed a 30 mission tour. 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 6454 - B-24H-15-CF #41-29384 Polaris 466th BG - 787th BS Code: 6L-R Crash landed by the John W. Brown Crew on 27 May 1944. All survived and they...

Target Berlin was first mission - March 1944. Flew ill-fated night mission to Hamm, Ger. Supported D-Day. 2 Purple Hearts on crew.



DFC, AMw3Oak Leaf Cluster AFLegion of Merit

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Polaris - The Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lenox, Ia 5 November 1918

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Wayne Tabor, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343, Self

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