Robert D Brown
MilitaryAssigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Claimed 3rd aerial victory on bomber escort to Ludwigshafen, victims debris damaged A/C P -51B 43-6556 which crashed at Lütisburg on 27-May-44. Baled out, suffering broken leg from collision with tailplane and landed in trees canopy, rescued by Swiss authorities and hospitalised / interned till wars end. MACR 5107.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Air base
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Based |
Leiston | 18 March 1943 - 7 May 1945 | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Crashed |
San Mateo Bridge, Foster City, CA 94404, USA | 5 September 1943 | Baled Out due to Stall/Spin 1 x Mile Sth San Mateo Bridge Cat 5 damage Lt Robert D Brown, 5-Sep-43. P-39Q 42-20745 - 362FS 357FG |
Other Crashed |
Leiston IP16, UK | 25 April 1944 | Taxiing Accident Leiston/Sta 373 Cat 3 damage Lt Robert D Brown, 25-Apr-44. P-51B 43-7143 - 362FS 357FG 8AF |
Other Interned (INT) |
Switzerland | 27 May 1944 | Interned (INT) in Switzerland till wars end. |
Other Shot down / baled out |
Lütisburg, Switzerland | 27 May 1944 | |
Other End of War (EOW) |
Europe | 7 May 1945 | End of War (EOW). |
Chicago, IL, USA | |||
Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant | |
Other Returned to Unit (RTU) |
Burtonwood, UK | Flew interned P-51D back to BAD 1, Burtonwood, England. | |
Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | Promoted to Captain. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28628553
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=brown&Submit=Search
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Brown%2C+Robert+…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmpilot.asp?Pilot=Brown%2C+Robe…
http://www.swissmustangs.ch/internees-during-ww2.shtml
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5107 / MACR 51097 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list