Quince Lucien Brown Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - FRE 309 - First Lieutenant Quince L. Brown of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, with P-47 Thunderbolt (WZ-J, serial number 42-74753) probably at...
Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Schleiden in P-47 'Okie II' 44-19569
78th FG 84th FS. Major Brown was the first American pilot to strafe a Nazi ground target in WW2. His record is 13 in the air and one on the ground. The ace pilot went down on 6th September 1944.
Eye witness report from 1st Lt Richard L Baron states, “ Maj Brown sighted Vogelsand Airfield. He called and said he was going to go over it and investigate. He made a steep turn and we (the flight) ended up in string formation. He went over first and I saw tracers going at him, so I hit low for the deck. I looked up and saw several strikes on his plane. He pulled up sharply as we got across and I pulled alongside. I saw his plane shake and the canopy come off. He then bailed out at about 1,200 feet. His parachute opened and I saw him land in a field. He then ran and lay down in some tall grass. I circled once and made sure no one was after him, and then left. I came back later and both the parachute and Maj Brown were gone.”
‘The report of burial (the body was re-interred in a military cemetery) received by the group states that the pilot died of gunshot wounds in the head and neck, and that he had been interred by German civilians. It continued: “It is believed that the remains were looted of personal effects prior to burial. “ ‘
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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
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06934161
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18053116
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Asst Crew Chief
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Okie II Jeanie
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Okie
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bristow, OK 74010, USA | 7 December 1917 | Son of Quince L Sr and Pearl Belvia [Bond] Brown. |
Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 14 August 1940 | 11-Sep-40 or 14-Aug-40. |
Based |
Duxford | 13 June 1943 - 28 July 1944 | Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 1st tour, 94 x combat missions. |
Other E/A Destroyed [2] |
48653 Coesfeld, Germany | 4 January 1944 | 2 destroyed, 1 me109, 1 Fw290* [* mis-ID'd probably Fw190D] Coesfield, Germany. 4-Jan-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
La Rochelle, France | 5 January 1944 | 1 x Me109 destroyed La Rouchelle 5-Jan-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Münster, Germany | 15 March 1944 | 1 x Me109 destroyed Munster 15-Mar-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed [4] |
Germany | 16 March 1944 | 4 x kills in a day 16-Mar-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Goch, Germany | 23 March 1944 | 1 x Fw190 destroyed Goch, Germany 23-Mar-44. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Düren, Germany | 12 April 1944 | 1 x Fw190 destroyed Duren, Germany 12-Apr-44. |
Other 30 day leave pass |
Oklahoma, USA | 28 July 1944 - 28 August 1944 | 30 days leave, offered instructor post stateside, decided to do 2nd tour with 78FG. |
Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | 28 August 1944 | Promoted to Major. |
Based |
Duxford | 28 August 1944 - 6 September 1944 | Returned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF for 2nd tour as Major. |
Died |
Schleiden, Germany | 6 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Liege. Hit by flak whilst strafing Vogelsand aerodrome, baled out captured by armed civilian and executed before he could be handed over to authorities. |
Other Final combat mission |
Liège, Belgium | 6 September 1944 | 136th combat mission. |
Buried Killed in Action (KIA) |
53937 Schleiden, Germany | 7 September 1944 | Interred Schleiden |
Other Flight instructor US |
Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA | 19 long months as flight instructor at Randolph and Kelly Fields, in Texas. | |
Other Flight instructor UK |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, UK | 12 June 1943 | 3 months as flight instructor at Atcham, probably with 495FTG. |
Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | Promoted to Captain. | |
Other Promotion |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other Promotion |
United States | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. | |
Other Flight training |
United States | Flight training - Basic, Primary, advanced. | |
Buried |
Magnolia Memorial Cemetery Bristow Creek County OK | Re-Interred Magnolia Memorial Cemetery Bristow Creek County Oklahoma, USA |
Revisions
corrected obvious typo, corrected place name from own knowledge
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78th Fighter Group Narrative April 1945 0787-8 Capt Bowen I Hosford, Air Corps Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force MACR 8407 / MACR 8407 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list