Rhodes Lewis Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 71711 - S/Sgt Rhodes L. Brown
Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Politz 25-Aug-44 with Joe Duncan crew; Crashed at Lake Mueritz in B-17 43-37980. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Shreveport, Louisiana | 2 December 1920 | BornShreveport, Louisiana |
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Enlisted |
Camp Hulen, Texas | 25 July 1941 | EnlistedCamp Hulen, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lake Mueritz, Germany | 25 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Lake Mueritz, Germany |
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana | 1 January 1948 | Re-InterredGreenwood CemeteryShreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8470 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
