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Brown, Willard A, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name Brown, Willard A, Jr
Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-686632
Unit Assignments
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #258 dated 28 December 1944, effective 28 December 1944.
  • Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - Casual Pool, 70th Reinforcement Depot, Station 594, effective 30 May 1945.
Duty Pilot
MOS1092 - Pilot, B-24
Last Duty Date 30 May 1945
Results Transferred
Additional Information
  • Appointed First Lieutenant (AUS) per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 4 May 1944.




Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Brown, Willard A, JrPilotTR
2nd Lt. Gray, Harold ReginaldCo-pilotFCMEW
2nd Lt. Silverman, Murray CarltonNavigatorKIA
CPL. Minter, Louis ArlingtonRadio Operator / GunnerCT
CPL. DeMattei, Laurence CharlesEngineer / Top Turret GunnerCT
CPL. Volpe, Roland (NMI)Ball Turret GunnerCT
CPL. Pacocha, Edward JSpot JammerCT
CPL. Meyette, Raymond PerleyTail GunnerCT
CPL. Myers, Ben Rice, JrFlexible GunnerCT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
257 20 January 1945 Target: Rail and Road Bridges
Type: Transportation
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Co-pilot 43‑38850 Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at Ridgewell Airfield, AAF Station 167.
Sortie Report
264 3 February 1945 Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Berlin, Germany
Co-pilot 42‑107148 Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron.
Sortie Report

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