Gaston Fox
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10 April 1944 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
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Allen Doyle Brown
Military
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.
Service
People
Units served with
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401st Bomb Group
Group
The 401st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, from November 1943 to June 1945. Starting their missions at that time meant the focus was very much on the coming invasion attempt of France planned for the following... -
612th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-31511 'Fools Luck III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-D] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Evere A/fd 10/4/44 with Gaston Fox, Co-pilot: Francis Hoad, Navigator: Darrel Wilson, Bombardier: Leon Mendelson, Ball...
Associated Place
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Deenethorpe
Military site : airfield
Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local... -
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Wilmar, Arkansas | 13 April 1921 |
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Son of Edward and Flora Mae [Lillard] Brown. |
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| Enlisted | Little Rock, AR | 21 October 1942 |
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Little Rock, Arkansas. |
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| Based | Deenethorpe | 1944 – 10 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 3 miles W of Calais | 10 April 1944 |
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Shot down 10-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939 |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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Revisions
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| 23 February 2020 13:48:14 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 February 2020 19:49:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29638088 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 February 2020 04:56:41 | jmoore43 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Added a connection to A/C #42-31511 listed in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 February 2020 04:55:21 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 |
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