Cecil R Brown
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Ramrod withdrawal support suffered engine malady's in P-47D 42-75104, baled out into North Sea 20 miles NNW of Knocke, Belgium. Seen to land successfully and made it to dingy, ASR searched without success. 13-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3897.
Awards: AM(OLC), PH.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Crashed |
19 March 1944 | Taxi accident East Wretham 19-Mar-44 - Lt Cecil B Brown P-47 42-8624 | |
Died |
13 April 1944 | Baled out into North Sea 20 miles NNW of Knocke, Belgium, from P-47D 42-75104. 13-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3897. | |
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Buried |
Tablets of missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
13 April 1944 | Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Born |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3897 / MACR 3897, Unit History / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list