Sidney Eugene Brown
MilitaryAssigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x combat mission.
Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; Bailed out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D. Marched through Russelsheim after rail journey curtailed by bomb damaged rails. Beaten unconscious by civilians and left for dead on farmers cart in cemetery, escaped, along with Sgt William A Adams, during air raid and re-arrested 4 days later. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8296
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 338833051
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier / Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6980369 / O-820907
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wham Bam Thank You Mam
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gainesville, Florida | 24 October 1924 | Son of Annie L Brown. |
Other Baled out |
40 miles Nth Hanover | 24 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-24 42-110107 "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'm" 24-Aug-44; Baled out of A/C, captured and held overnight at Munster A/D. MACR 8296 |
Other Beaten by civilians |
Russelsheim, Germany | 26 August 1944 | Dispatched by rail for Oberusel, due to a bombed out rail line, marched on foot through Russelsheim, beaten unconscious by civilian mob 26-Aug-44. |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
26 August 1944 - 30 August 1944 | Escaped from cemetery during air raid. Evaded capture (EVD). Arrested four days later. | |
Died |
Windsor, FL | 10 April 2009 | |
Buried |
Windsor Methodist Cemetery Windsor, Alachua County, FL | 14 April 2009 | Windsor Methodist Cemetery Windsor, Alachua County, Florida |
Based |
North Pickenham | 24 August 1944 | Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8296 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database