Harold Edward Brown
MilitaryAssigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed in P-38J 42-67761 near Eastville, New Leake, Lincolnshire on a local test flight on 24-Feb-44. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA).
Awards: PH.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Fort Knox, KY 40121, USA | 29 September 1941 | Fort Knox KY, USA |
|
Died |
New Leake, Boston PE22, UK | 24 February 1944 | Crashed in P-38J 42-67761 near Eastville, New Leake, Lincolnshire on a local test flight on 24-Feb-44. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). |
|
Buried |
25 February 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| Pottsboro, TX, USA | |||
|
Born |
Grayson County, TX, USA | Son of Samuel Joshua and Oriel Alma [Simonson] Brown. | |
|
Buried |
Sherman, TX, USA | Re-Interred West Hill Cemetery Sherman Grayson County Texas, USA |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=brown&Submit=Sea…
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-67761&Submit=…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-67761&Submit4=Go
https://www.fold3.com/page/87714474_harold_e%20brown/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952969/?terms=Harold%20E%20Brown
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1944-incident-logs
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8949342
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list