Virgil F Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot 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

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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.

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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