Vane H Brown

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) in B17F 41-24601 serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Aircraft took a direct flak hit at Lille France. Crashed in meadow near Lo, Belgium. All killed.

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

365th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

41-24601

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	9920 Lo, Belgium	13 January 1943	Killed when aircraft sustained a direct hit from flak over the target at Lille, France and crashed near Lo, Belgium.
Born	Kentucky
Buried			The American Battle Monuments Commission has no listing that this airman is interred, or commemorated on a Wall of the Missing at any American cemetery in Europe. It is possible that his remains may have been repatriated to the United States after the war, or perhaps never recovered.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

9920 Lo, Belgium

13 January 1943

Killed when aircraft sustained a direct hit from flak over the target at Lille, France and crashed near Lo, Belgium.

Born

Kentucky

Buried

The American Battle Monuments Commission has no listing that this airman is interred, or commemorated on a Wall of the Missing at any American cemetery in Europe. It is possible that his remains may have been repatriated to the United States after the war, or perhaps never recovered.

Revisions

Date6 Feb 2015 19:08:25

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 6-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA detail per MACR 15639; Edited Biography with crew position and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data. Added Burial event explanation.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:21

ContributorAAM