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1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See UPL 32819 (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/32819) for reverse
1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.
1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.
Assigned Oct 1944. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and caught more. We also we
Military | Captain | Command Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #448704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and c
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #448704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and c
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
POW crashed near Schieben on 19 Mar 45 in B-17 #44-8704. Came down SW of Calau. On the following day Sgt. Roberts was escorted by Germans to the churchyard of a small town where his comrades were lain out in a wagon prior to burial.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down and kiled over Plauen Germany on 3/19/45 KIA. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run
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Military | Lieutenant | Mickey Operator, Pathfinder Operator, Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #448704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and c
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Military | Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #448704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and caught
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Military | Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #448704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and caught
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
KIA near Schieben in B-17 #44-8704. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and caught [......
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/44; Hunter 17/12/44; Dow Fd 5/12/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG Snetterton 22/1/45; Missing in Action Jena Opt Wks 19/3/45 with Capt Francis Jones, Co-pilot: Dave Thomas, Bombardier: George Vandruff, Radio Operator: Herb Rotfeld,...
Military site : non-airfield
Exact location unknown - centred on the Eccles Road area adjacent to Snetterton Heath 138. There is an active, but un-manned railway station there that would probably have been used in Eccles proposed capacity as a Strategic Air Depot Area. However,...
Military site : non-airfield
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 19 November 1917 | |
| POW | Barth, Germany | 19 March 1945 |
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Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4 |
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| Liberated | 30 April 1945 | |
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Stalag Luft I Liberated |
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| Died | 7 June 2002 | |
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Lt Col US Air Force BILOXI --- Howard "Bud" Brown, 84, died Friday, June 7, 2002, in Biloxi. Mr. Brown was a resident of Biloxi and was of the Catholic faith. He was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Air Force for 28 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was a P.O.W. in Germany during WWII and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. He was preceded in death by his wife, Leona Brown. Survivors include two sons, Richard Brown of Diamondhead and Gary Brown of Belton, Texas; his sister, Lucille Millen of Lake Havasu City, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, in the Biloxi National Cemetery, directed by Riemann Funeral Home, Bay St. Louis. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 April 2018 01:28:43 | kneelhurst | Changes to awards |
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Corrected Medals awarded through notes in obituary |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 15 April 2018 01:25:57 | kneelhurst | Changes to nickname, service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Research conducted to learn more about Lt. David L. Thomas's Crew |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:18 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201, 239, 245 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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