Robert Albert Browning
MilitaryCall letters - WR-K
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rodeo mission to Montdidier in P-51B 42-106708. Engine showing low oil pressure, turned for home, escorting fighters lost contact in vicinity of Abbeville, belly landed in vicinity of Verchocq. Prisoner of War (POW). 3-Jun-44 MACR 5510.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Norwood, MA, USA | 4 November 1919 | Son of Charles H and Margaret G [Welch] Browning. |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 3 January 1942 | |
Based |
Steeple Morden | 9 February 1944 - 3 June 1944 | Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 8 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Forced Landing |
Verchocq, France | 3 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rodeo mission in P-51B 42-106708. Engine showing low oil pressure, turned for home, escorting fighters lost contact in vicinity of Abbeville, belly landed in vicinity of Verchocq. POW 3-Jun-44 MACR 5510. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 June 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III 3-Jun-44 - 28-Jan-45. Stalag Luft VIIa 28-Jan-45 - 29-Apr-45. |
Died |
Hudson, NH 03051, USA | 4 October 1993 | |
Norwood, MA, USA | |||
Buried |
Hudson, NH 03051, USA | Saint Patricks Cemetery Hudson Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA |
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1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory MACR 5510 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list