Carey H Brown Jr
MilitaryPhoto courtesy Elsie Palicka, wife of Ed Palicka, 370th Fighter Squadron Photographer.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with one kill. 110 combat hours. Killed in Training Accident (KITA) in P-51C 42-103293 2 miles NE Knettishall.
Extract from accident report:
"Captain Carey H Brown on that late evening mission, took up a new P-51 Mustang. The weather was vicious, low clouds and rain squalls with a good haze layer. Twenty minutes after takeoff, he was seen to he doing acrobatics over a nearby airdrome and then to start a series of loops. The third loop stalled out and he began to spin from 5,000 feet—and never recovered."
Awards: DFC(OLC), AM(5OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-026191
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Diserom Jeepers
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Squadron 369th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Trigger Jeepers
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 370th Fighter Squadron 377th Fighter Squadron 3rd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Washington, DC, USA | 18 December 1919 | Son of Carey H and Derryle [Law] Brown. |
Based Transferred |
East Wretham | 22 October 1943 - 1 May 1944 | Transferred to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Knettishall, Diss IP22, UK | 1 May 1944 | Killed in Training Accident (KITA). 2miles NE Knettishall. |
Buried |
2 May 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Buried |
West Point, NY, USA | 8 July 1948 | Re-Interred United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA |
Kingsport, Tennessee | |||
Based |
East Wretham | 22 October 1943 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Monroe County, NY, USA | |||
Other Flight training |
Randolph AFB, TX 78148, USA | Graduated flight training and earned his wings at Randolph Field, Texas. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History