Allen Doyle Brown

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Gaston Fox crew. Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939





Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Gaston Meredith Fox

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802737
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilmar, Arkansas 13 April 1921 Son of Edward and Flora Mae [Lillard] Brown.

Enlisted

Little Rock, AR 21 October 1942 Little Rock, Arkansas.

Died

3 miles W of Calais 10 April 1944 Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939

Based

Deenethorpe 10 April 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/310763547
https://www.fold3.com/record/90424393-allen-d-brown
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856371-allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357310/allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194104381/allen-doyle-brown

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763547
https://www.fold3.com/record/90424393-allen-d-brown
https://www.fold3.com/record/529856371-allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357310/allen-d-brown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194104381/allen-doyle-brown

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #42-31511 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3939, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=392