Allen Doyle Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Gaston Fox crew. Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939





Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Gaston Meredith Fox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802737
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilmar, Arkansas 13 April 1921 Son of Edward and Flora Mae [Lillard] Brown.

Enlisted

Little Rock, AR 21 October 1942 Little Rock, Arkansas.

Died

3 miles W of Calais 10 April 1944 Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939

Based

Deenethorpe 10 April 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried/ Commemorated

Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763547
https://www.fold3.com/record/90424393-allen-d-brown
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856371-allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357310/allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194104381/allen-doyle-brown

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763547
https://www.fold3.com/record/90424393-allen-d-brown
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856371-allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357310/allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194104381/allen-doyle-brown

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #42-31511 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3939, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=392