Kirby Monette Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26889 - Lt. Kirby N. Brown, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Halle, Germany shot down by flak near Uder in P-51 'Shady Lady' 44-13698. Parachuted safely, detained by civilians and executed, en route to interrogation, by SA officer Gerhard. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8654.
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Caldwell Parish, LA, USA | 30 March 1924 | Son of Venice M and Stella Brown. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Beauregard, Pineville, LA 71360, USA | 7 July 1942 | Camp Beauregard Louisiana |
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Based |
Leiston | 24 May 1944 - 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 29 June 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed 1/2 |
Germany | 6 August 1944 | Shared destroyed, Germany 6-Aug-44. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
06567 Bad Frankenhausen, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Halle, Germany shot down by flak near Uder in P-51 'Shady Lady' 44-13698. Parachuted safely, detained by civilians and executed, en route to interrogation, by SA officer Gerhard. KIA. MACR 8654. |
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Buried |
Burgwald, Germany | 16 September 1944 | Interred Burgwald cemetery |
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Buried |
Monroe, Louisiana, Louisiana, USA | Re-Interred Riverview Cemetery Monroe, Louisiana |
Revisions
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_357.php
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Brown&Submit=Search
https://www.fold3.com/image/28688778
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762490/?terms=Kirby%20M%20Brown
https://www.fold3.com/page/84828911_kirby_m%20brown/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/637459424_kirby_m.%20brown/details/
https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cm…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8654 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
