Virgil F Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J 42-100085. Seven crew baled out before a/c exploded and crashed SW of Brunswick. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sabetha, Kansas | 3 May 1916 | |
Other Killed in action |
Brunswick, Germany | 20 February 1944 | |
Buried |
Sabetha, KS, USA |
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Sgt Brown was my Great-uncle, and I and my mother (his niece) have done some research on "Uncle Bud". I have obtained the MACR (missing air crew report) of his last mission. I believe this mission was the crew's second. I believe the first was in France.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2434, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces