Robert D Brown

Military

The plane's landing gear collapsed on landing at Prestwick on May 1, 1943, from the ferry flight from North America in B--17F 42-29942. R. D. Brown is listed as the copilot on that flight. The crew escaped injury. Promoted to major April 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 156Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p. 114 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia