George C Brown
MilitaryAssigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Customer of Freckleton snack bar, severely wounded by crash of B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. Died of his wounds two days later. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York City, NY | 4 November 1918 | |
Other Severely wounded |
Freckleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Severely wounded in fire form crash of B-24 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II'. |
Died |
30 August 1944 | Died of his wounds from crash. | |
Buried |
31 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Buried |
Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | Re-Interred Long Island National Cemetery East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY | |
Based |
Warton | 30 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |