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Brown, Donald Harold

Individual Personnel Data
Name Brown, Donald Harold
Rank Second Lieutenant / Captain
Serial Number O-734066
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 28 January 1943.
  • Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #157, effective 30 November 1943.
  • Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #55, effective 23 March 1944.
Duty Undetermined
Last Duty Date TBD
Results TBD
Additional Information
  • Appointed First Lieutenant effective 5 July 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 16 July 1943.
  • VOCO of 16 September 1943 placing DONALD H. BROWN on Temporary Duty for one day to London, purpose Official Business is confirmed and made of record per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #98 dated 17 September 1943.
  • Detailed as Assistant Group Operations Officer vice Captain Robert H. Fryer, relieved (primary) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #157 dated 30 November 1943.
  • Added as an officer of the Court-Martial (by amending para 13 of SO #110 dated 4 October 1943) on SO #168 dated 15 December 1943.
  • Station 106 Special Order# 12, paragraph 8, 18 January 1944 relieves 2LT Donald H. Brown, O-734066, from assignment as Assistant Group Operations Officer (Prim) and details him as Gunnery Officer of the 384th BG (Prim) vice 2LT Harold F. Lightbown, who is relieved. 1LT Brown's name was revoked from Special Order #41 per AAF Station 106 Special Order #60 dated 29 March 1944.
  • Appointed as a member of Special Court Martial Detail For The Court on AAF Station 106 SO #41 dated 1 March 1944.
  • Relieved as Group Gunnery Officer (Primary) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #55 dated 23 March 1944.




Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 26 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
5 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France
Tail Gunner 42‑30073 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron, Group Lead.
Sortie Report
6 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France
Co-pilot 42‑30046 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report
9 24 July 1943 Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway
Tail Gunner 42‑5883 Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report
34 3 November 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany
Co-pilot 42‑3440 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
37 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany
Co-pilot 42‑3429 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
60 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Co-pilot 42‑31364 Combat Mission Credit
Wing deputy.
Sortie Report
89 13 April 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany
Co-pilot 42‑97201 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
91 19 April 1944 Target: Fieseler Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel (Waldau), Germany
Co-pilot 42‑3441 Combat Mission Credit
Flying spare; joined formation.
Sortie Report
92 20 April 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
Co-pilot 42‑97150 Combat Mission Credit
A Wing, High group.
Sortie Report
94 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
95 25 April 1944 Target: Metz-Frescaty Airdrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Metz, France
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Beaulieu, Hampshire, on return due to low fuel.
Sortie Report
97 27 April 1944 Target: Toul/Croix de Metz Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
98 29 April 1944 Target: Industrial District
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report
100 4 May 1944 Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, composite high group, 94th CBW.
Sortie Report
103 8 May 1944 Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Sottevast, France
Pilot 42‑107057 Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off
Low Squadron lead. Took off but landed right away because of a short circuit.
Sortie Report
105 11 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Saarbrücken and Ehrang, Germany
Pilot 42‑102402 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group, Group Deputy.
Sortie Report
106 12 May 1944 Target: Synthetic Oil Plant
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Merseburg, Germany
Pilot 42‑97237 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead, low group.
Sortie Report
108 15 May 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Mimoyecques, France
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead.
Sortie Report
109 19 May 1944 Target: Unidentified Industrial Area
Type: Industry
Location: Berlin, Germany
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group, High Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
113 23 May 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France
Pilot 42‑38208 Combat Mission Credit
41B Group Lead.
Sortie Report
116 27 May 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, High Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
119 29 May 1944 Target: Focke-Wulf Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Krzesiny District, Poznań, Poland
Pilot 42‑97263 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group, Low Squadron Lead.
Sortie Report
131 8 June 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (41C) & Loire River Railroad Bridge (41D)
Type: Transportation
Location: Orleans, France
Pilot 42‑38208 Combat Mission Credit
41C Wing, Lead Group, Wing Lead.
Sortie Report
133 12 June 1944 Target: Railroad Bridge 48°29'N,2°0'W
Type: Transportation
Location: La Vicomté-sur-Rance, France
Pilot 42‑102449 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead. Col. William L Travis aboard as Combat Wing Air Commander.
Sortie Report
134 13 June 1944 Target: Dreux Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Dreux, France
Pilot 42‑102449 Combat Mission Credit
High Group Lead. Landed away at Polebrook, AAF Station 110, on return, due to bad weather.
Sortie Report
136 15 June 1944 Target: Railroad Viaduct
Type: Transportation
Location: La Possonnièrre, France
Pilot 42‑97960 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, Wing Lead.
Sortie Report
137 16 June 1944 Target: Athies Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Laon, France
Pilot 42‑102449 Combat Mission Credit
Low Group Lead.
Sortie Report
139 19 June 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Fleury & Crépy, France
Pilot 42‑3441 Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified
Sortie Report

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