Lynn R Brown Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21255.jpeg UPL 21255 Lynn R Brown, JR - Waterloo, 447th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21255 - Lynn R Brown, JR - Waterloo, 447th BG, KIA

Involved in a mid-air collision with a B-17 from the 94th BG over the German coast NW of Hamburg after a mission to Berlin was recalled on 3 Mar 3 1944 in B-17G 42-31112 'Paper Doll'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31112

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

3 March 1944

Born

Waterloo, Iowa

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2887, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 21255 - Lynn R Brown, JR - Waterloo, 447th BG, KIA