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Personal info

Full name
BROWN, Thomas Mandley
Date of birth
13 April 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Manassas, Virginia
Hometown
Calverton, Fauquier County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13143312
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
410th Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Herbert Brown (father)
Anna M. Brown (mother)
James E. Brown (brother)
Anna Brown (sister)
Lucille V. Brown (sister)
Nancy A. Brown (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30206
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Happy Daze
Destination: Warnemunde, Germany

More information

Sgt Thomas M. Brown was a clerk.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Washington DC on 30 November 1942.

Plane hit the water and men seemed to have time to get out of plane.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source : Peter Schouteten, Library of Virginia (courtesy of Debbie Holloman)