Cecil R Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Ramrod withdrawal support suffered engine malady's in P-47D 42-75104, baled out into North Sea 20 miles NNW of Knocke, Belgium. Seen to land successfully and made it to dingy, ASR searched without success. 13-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3897.



Awards: AM(OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Clumpy
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 366th Fighter Squadron

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Events

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Crashed

Wretham IP24, UK 19 March 1944 Taxi accident East Wretham 19-Mar-44 - Lt Cecil B Brown P-47 42-8624

Died

Knokke-Heist, Belgium 13 April 1944 Baled out into North Sea 20 miles NNW of Knocke, Belgium, from P-47D 42-75104. 13-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3897.
San Antonio, TX, USA

Buried

Tablets of missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

East Wretham 13 April 1944 Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Howard County, TX, USA

Revisions

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ContributorPyker
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Revised location of crash.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3897 / MACR 3897, Unit History / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list