44-14135
Object Number - UPL 29075 - Capt Robert D Brown. 343rd Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14135 CY-V.
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Heide, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing Ju88's on Leck A/D. Leaking coolant from radiator scoop, headed for Sweden, when engine caught fire, pilot Capt Robert D Brown turned it over and baled out. Crashed SW of Lake Tisso pilot evaded [EVD] capture and interned [INT] in Sweden.
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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 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20947790 / O-2044889
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37281076
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
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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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
SW of Tissø, Kalundborg Municipality, Denmark | 20 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Heide, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing Ju88's on Leck A/D. Leaking coolant from radiator scoop, headed for Sweden, when engine caught fire, pilot Capt Robert D Brown turned it over and baled out. Crashed SW of Lake Tisso EVD/INT. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, California, USA | Built at North American. | |
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Delivered |
Beale AFB, CA, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Wormingford, UK | Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
