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Brown, Dewey Carlyle, Jr

Individual Personnel Data
Name Brown, Dewey Carlyle, Jr   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-673704   ‡
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.
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59, effective 31 July 1943.
  • Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 19 November 1943, effective 15 November 1943.
  • Transferred to the AC of Staff, G-2, Headquarters, 1st Air Force, Mitchell Field, New York, per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1943, effective 28 November 1943.
Duty Co-pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 17 August 1943
Results Evaded Capture
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 6 March 1920
  • Dewey C. Brown was shot down on 17 August 1943. He evaded capture and was returned to Allied Control on 28 October 1943 at Gibraltar, UK.
    He was reassigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on 13 November 1943 and placed on Temporary Duty to Headquarters, 8th Air Force (A-2 Section) on 13 November 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 291⇓ (1.714 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 165⇓ (Filesize N/A)
Accident Report # 43-11-18-518⇓ (0.824 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
Flt. Ofcr. Wilson, Clayton Russell⇗PilotPOW
2nd Lt. Brown, Dewey Carlyle, JrCo-pilotEV
2nd Lt. Bloesch, Fred Ernest, Jr⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Stevens, Herman Daniel⇗BombardierPOW
S/SGT. Des Rochers, John Mowbray⇗Radio Operator / GunnerEV
S/SGT. Long, Vern Porter⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerEV
S/SGT. May, Herbert Ethred⇗Ball Turret GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Hook, Jack Franklin⇗Tail GunnerPOW
SGT. Klein, Ellis Hall⇗Flexible GunnerEV
S/SGT. Kendall, George Joseph, "Skeeter"⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
1⇗ 22 June 1943 Target: General Motors Truck Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Antwerp, Belgium 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
2⇗ 25 June 1943 Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens
Type: Military
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ 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 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
Sortie Report⇗
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30040⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30046.
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
8⇗ 14 July 1943 Target: Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
10⇗ 25 July 1943 Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
11⇗ 28 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back when #2 supercharger failed.
Sortie Report⇗
12⇗ 29 July 1943 Target: Naval Base
Type: Military
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑30046⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead, wing deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
13⇗ 30 July 1943 Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Kassel, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29927⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Tail Gunner 42‑3429⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Group lead.
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑30147⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron lead. Damaged by enemy aircraft and flak; crashed about 20 miles north of Rheims (between Sissonne and Montcornet), France. MACR 291
Sortie Report⇗
-- 18 November 1943 None
Non-combat sortie 		Co-pilot 42‑3440⇗ During a training flight, the crew completed several practice landings. After the final landing, the aircraft collided with a truck while taxiing back to their hardstand, damaging a wing. A short distance later, the tail wheel assembly gave way.
Sortie Report⇗

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