Harley Lee Brown
Military
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Object Number - UPL 24714 - Capt Harley Brown 20th FG
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Flight leader 55FS. 57 x combat missions (280:10 Hr), credited with 6 x destroyed. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (8OLC), WWII Victory, American Campaign, EAME (4 x Battle stars), Air Force Longevity Service Award (4OLC), Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
Post war: Lt Col USAFR retired, Captain United Air Lines B-737 on domestic routes.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Be Good/Brownies Ballroom Lulu Lil
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Lady
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Flying Dutchman Hoodinky
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Humboldt, Kansas | 1 April 1922 | |
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Other Flight training |
430, 351 Kearney Blvd #119E, Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX 76908, USA | 8 February 1944 | Commissioned and awarded wings 8-Feb-44. Foster Field, Texas. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [3] |
Merseburg, Germany | 11 February 1944 | 2 x Fw190, 1 x Me109 destroyed. Merseburg. 11-Feb-44. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Merseburg, Germany | 11 February 1944 | 1 x Me109 damaged. Merseburg. 11-Feb-44. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Koblenz, Germany | 12 February 1944 | Fw190 destroyed. Koblenz-St Goar. 12-Feb-44. |
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Based |
Kings Cliffe | 11 August 1944 - 10 March 1945 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 23 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Perleberg, Germany | 14 January 1945 | 2 x Me109 destroyed. Perleberg. 14-Jan-45. |
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Other Promotion |
Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 8 February 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 10 March 1945 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Died |
March Air Reserve Base, CA | 2 September 2003 | |
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Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS, USA | Kansas City, Kansas |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force
