William F Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dorsel, Germany in P-47 42-8639 hit by flak in oil line. Crashed Maaseik, Belgium. Pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Jan-44. MACR 1736.
Reported missing in action on 7-Jan-44. Later reported killed in action by War Department report to relatives.
Awards: AM(OLC), PH.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
3680 Maaseik, Belgium | 7 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Dorsel, Germany in P-47 42-8639 hit by flak in oil line. Crashed Maaseik, Belgium. Pilot Killed in Action (KIA). 7-Jan-44. MACR 1736. |
Buried |
Sint-Truiden, Belgium | 8 January 1944 | Interred St Trond Aerodrome |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | |||
Other Promoted |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
Martlesham Heath | 7 January 1944 | Assigned to 359FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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356 FG Assoc data/ MACR 1736 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1736 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list