Jesse C Brown Jr
Military
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UPL 7568
Aircraft 42-95626.
William Nunn is standing in the top row all the way to the left.
This crew was shot down over Holland after a direct flak hit in the bomb bay.
Standing:
2/Lt William Nunn, KIA;
2/Lt Harrison Evans, POW;
2/Lt Raymond McReary, KIA;
2/Lt Walter Hearn, evaded capture
Kneeling:
Sgt Carleton Harrison, POW;
Sgt Jesse Brown, POW;
Cpl Walter Linton, POW;
Cpl Harold Hollingshead, POW;
Cpl Walter Homa, evaded capture,
Cpl William Yorio, KIA
William Nunn is standing in the top row all the way to the left.
This crew was shot down over Holland after a direct flak hit in the bomb bay.
Standing:
2/Lt William Nunn, KIA;
2/Lt Harrison Evans, POW;
2/Lt Raymond McReary, KIA;
2/Lt Walter Hearn, evaded capture
Kneeling:
Sgt Carleton Harrison, POW;
Sgt Jesse Brown, POW;
Cpl Walter Linton, POW;
Cpl Harold Hollingshead, POW;
Cpl Walter Homa, evaded capture,
Cpl William Yorio, KIA
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Bergen on 8/26/44 in B-24 #4295626
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
28 August 1944 | ||
Born |
Sumter, South Carolina |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8475