James Roller Brown
MilitaryJames R. Brown was Pilot of B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Initially evaded, helped by members of the Dutch Groep Rosmalen, he was captured later. Prisoner of War (POW)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15325992 at enlistment, then O-709415
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817243
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37021184
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36647108
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States | 17 August 1919 | |
| Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa | |||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Initially evaded, later captured in The Netherlands. Interned in Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 21 JUly 1945.” |
Revisions
MACR 6988
German report KU-2407 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147886912 (NARA)
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database