42-67027
Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Gerald 'Gerry' Brown. Transferred to 27FS, 1FG, 12AF USAAF. Lost over Italy 29-Mar-44 Lt Merle B Brown MACR 3641.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-740139
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other E/A Damaged |
Bremen, Germany | 13 November 1943 | Me109 damaged. Bremen. 13-Nov-43. Pilot Maj Gerald Brown. |
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Other Combat damage |
Bremen, Germany | 13 November 1943 | Me109 latched onto tail of A/C and pumped 100 bullets/cannon shells into fuselage before wingman Capt Myers persuaded him to break off attack. Nursed home to base. Pilot Maj Gerald Brown. |
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Crashed |
Sicily, Italy | 29 March 1944 | Lost over Italy 29-Mar-44 Lt Merle B Brown MACR 3641. |
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Manufactured |
Burbank, CA, USA | Built at Lockheed. | |
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Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Wormingford, UK | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Mateur, Tunisia | Transferred to 27FS, 1FG, 12AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Group%20Aircraft%20Serials.htm
VIII Fighter Command at War: ‘Long Reach’ By Michael O'Leary
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VIII Fighter Command at War: ‘Long Reach’ By Michael O'Leary
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