Robert Albert Browning
Military
Call letters - WR-K
Object Number - UPL 27929
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rodeo mission to Montdidier in P-51B 42-106708. Engine showing low oil pressure, turned for home, escorting fighters lost contact in vicinity of Abbeville, belly landed in vicinity of Verchocq. Prisoner of War (POW). 3-Jun-44 MACR 5510.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Norwood, MA, USA | 4 November 1919 | Son of Charles H and Margaret G [Welch] Browning. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 3 January 1942 | |
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Based |
Steeple Morden | 9 February 1944 - 3 June 1944 | Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 8 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Forced Landing |
Verchocq, France | 3 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rodeo mission in P-51B 42-106708. Engine showing low oil pressure, turned for home, escorting fighters lost contact in vicinity of Abbeville, belly landed in vicinity of Verchocq. POW 3-Jun-44 MACR 5510. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 June 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III 3-Jun-44 - 28-Jan-45. Stalag Luft VIIa 28-Jan-45 - 29-Apr-45. |
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Died |
Hudson, NH 03051, USA | 4 October 1993 | |
| Norwood, MA, USA | |||
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Buried |
Hudson, NH 03051, USA | Saint Patricks Cemetery Hudson Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA |
Revisions
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Browning%2C+R…
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https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/35048 - Bio details
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95848330
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 5510 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
