John G Brown
Military
Object Number - UPL 36311 - The Francis C. SMEDLEY crew. Standing, left to right : 2nd Lt. John J. McGrath, navigator; 1st Lt. Francis C. Smedley, pilot; 2nd Lt. William J....
Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak on 1 May 44, 5 miles west of Brussels, parachuted out Plane was 'Sunrise Serenade'
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sunrise serenade
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 1 May 1944 |
Revisions
1999 Unit History/ MACR 4492 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4492 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
