Fred Brown

Military

Direct hit by flak on the return from a mission to Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944 caused B-24J #42-99974 to crash SW of Abbeville, FR after the remaining crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

330th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

93rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-99974

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	18 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

18 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:15

ContributorAAM

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3532 / MACR 3532, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database