Elmer Logan Brown Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD)*. ETD.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME - Caterpiller Club.
* On return to base, found his possessions had been emptied from his locker, having been assumed MIA.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Golconda, Illionis | 31 March 1918 | Son of Elmer Logan Sr and Mona Marie [Bauer] Brown. |
Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS | 24 January 1942 | Kansas City, Kansas |
Died |
Corona Del Mar, CA | 3 August 1997 | |
Buried |
Off South California coast | Cremated and ashes scattered off South Californian coast. | |
Jackson County, MO | |||
St Louis, MO | At time of draft registration; Working at Barry-Wehmiller Machine Co. St Louis, Missouri. | ||
Based |
Molesworth | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Biship & Hey p. 269