Name | Brown, Lester (NMI), Jr ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 20820476 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943. |
Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF |
Last Duty Date | 26 June 1943 |
Results | Evaded Capture |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 26 June 1943 per General Orders #128, Headquarters, 8th Air Force dated 12 August 1943. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Escape & Evasion Report # 52⇓ (Filesize N/A) Post Loss Document File #1⇓ (0.129 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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Flt. Ofcr. Rosio, Joseph (NMI)⇗ | Pilot | EV |
2nd Lt. Evans, George Waldo⇗ | Co-pilot | EV |
2nd Lt. Fink, Leonard Jay⇗ | Navigator | EV |
2nd Lt. Casden, Sidney (NMI)⇗ | Bombardier | EV |
S/SGT. Brown, Lester (NMI), Jr | Radio Operator / Gunner | EV |
PVT. Masterson, Otho Edward⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Houghton, John Henry⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | EV |
SGT. Lewis, Lee (NMI)⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Cucinotta, Anthony Frank⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. Kuberski, John Harry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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1⇗ | 22 June 1943 |
Target: General Motors Truck Factory Type: Industry Location: Antwerp, Belgium |
Radio Operator | 42‑30040⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
2⇗ | 25 June 1943 |
Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑30030⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Returned to base due to weather conditions; pilot was unable to maintain contact with the formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Radio Operator | 42‑30058⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Attacked by enemy aircraft; with #2 engine burning, five crewmembers bailed out; exploded in midair and crashed between Plessis-St-Benoist and Etampes, France, 30 miles south of Paris. No MACR. Sortie Report⇗ |