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John J Brown Jr

Military

media-38273.jpeg UPL 38273 "Capt. Brown And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 1 January 1945."

Rear L-R: 1Lt John D Brown, Capt John J Brown, 2Lt Joseph F "Bud" Meusel, 1Lt William F Schliefer.

Front L-R: Sgt Oledburne D Wells, S/Sgt Norman D Martin, T/Sgt Garciano J Arellano, T/Sgt Leon W "Scrappy" Hoffman, Sgt James "Jezek" Ellis.

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Object Number - UPL 38273 - "Capt. Brown And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England,...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

614th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Graciano Joseph Arellano

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39408400
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

John D Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-713111
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

James J Ellis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Leon W Hoffman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33486690
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer

Norman D Martin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born		21 September 1921
Died		14 February 1964
Based	Deenethorpe

Revisions

Date4 May 2019 08:28:46

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=195

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:13

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=195

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