Andrew Jefferson Brown

Military
media-35359.jpeg UPL 35359 Crew no. 51 of 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.

Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.

Object Number - UPL 35359 - Crew no. 51 of 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron.

Crew Number 51

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Aircraft

A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (DI-K, serial number 42-3312) of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1871-A. Hon. 12-31-43. Aero Repair B-17F. 42-3312."
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sequatchiee
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devil's Frolic
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 29 April 1944

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Woodbury, Texas 19 August 1908
Anson, Texas 16 October 1940

Died

Easthorpe, Essex, UK 4 June 1944 His a/c suffered an oxygen fire during assembly. Most of the crew bailed out. The pilot crash landed the aircraft near Easthorpe, Essex. Brown was KIA as a result of fighting the fire and the crash landing.

Buried

10 June 1944 Plot E Row 3 Grave 83 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Madingley Road Coton CB23 7PH Cambridge United Kingdom

Enlisted

Henderson County, TX

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Correspondence to the American Air Museum from Ellis McClintick, 390th Bomb Group.

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