William F Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dorsel, Germany in P-47 42-8639 hit by flak in oil line. Crashed Maaseik, Belgium. Pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Jan-44. MACR 1736.



Reported missing in action on 7-Jan-44. Later reported killed in action by War Department report to relatives.



Awards: AM(OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-8639

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

3680 Maaseik, Belgium 7 January 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dorsel, Germany in P-47 42-8639 hit by flak in oil line. Crashed Maaseik, Belgium. Pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Jan-44. MACR 1736.

Buried

Sint-Truiden, Belgium 8 January 1944 Interred St Trond Aerodrome
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Other

Promoted

Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Martlesham Heath 7 January 1944 Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

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http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-23903.html

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Sources

356 FG Assoc data/ MACR 1736 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1736 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list