Robert E Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) near Rehau in B-17 'Lonesome Polecat' 44-8712

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-8712

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

8 April 1945

Born

Aurora, Illinois

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 13738 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13738