Richard C Brown

Military
media-42111.jpeg UPL 42111 Sgt Richard C Brown, 705th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF.

Object Number - UPL 42111 - Sgt Richard C Brown, 705th BS, 446th BG, 8th AF.

Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. Baled out, fished out of Rhine by landing craft. Returned to Duty (RTD) MACR 13537



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16030395 / O-2059149
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

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Baled out RTD

West of Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) in B-24 41-28814 Operation Varsity; shot down by ground fire at low level, A/C crashed near Wesel. Baled out, fished out of Rhine by landing craft. RTD MACR 13537

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Based

Bassingbourn Assigned to 705BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13537 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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