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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Robert Stanley
Date of birth
8 August 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Elgin, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-695871
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 July 1944
Place of death
Mistelbach, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John M. Brown (father)
Marie N. (Anderson) Brown (mother)
Dorothy M. Brown (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-95383
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Lazy Lady
Destination: Linz, Austria
Mission: Herman Goering Tank Factory
MACR: 7035

More information

1st Lt Robert S. Brown graduated from the Detroit Institute of Technology in 1941. He was employed by Miller & Baily as an accountant.

2nd Lt Douglas A. Herrin:
As I was flying No.5 position in C flight, I saw the 3 ships ahead of me go down. Fighters came from behind, Apparently on our level and slightly above. Lt Mitchells ship, Flying in No.3 position dropped out with one engine on fire and I did not see him anymore.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, The Detroit News - 23 August 1945