James Henry Brown
Military
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UPL 57842
Sommer crew. 385BG.
Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke.
Front : Paul Sommers, Henry Walker, Hugh McClatchey, Herb Brown.
Rear: Joe Schreppel (Rear far left), Parker Crabtree, Larry Stokes, James Brown, Olin Wieneke.
Front : Paul Sommers, Henry Walker, Hugh McClatchey, Herb Brown.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-5886 'Jolly Roger' 17-Aug-43; A/C crashed 2 km SW of Wosnadrecht, Netherlands. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 387A
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793450
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Jolly Roger
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tampico, Il | 12 July 1921 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 17 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
2 April 1984 | ||
Buried |
Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Greenwood, Johnson County, IN | 5 April 1984 | Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana |
Based |
Great Ashfield | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Grandson