Name | Brown, James Wesley, Jr ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-754409 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 14 April 1944. |
Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 8 May 1944 |
Results |
Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Tablets of the Missing |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4812⇓ (8.509 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Brown, James Wesley, Jr | Pilot | MIA |
2nd Lt. Chubb, Donald Vernon⇗ | Co-pilot | MIA |
2nd Lt. Jones, Kenneth Myron⇗ | Navigator | MIA |
2nd Lt. Kuba, Carl Willliam⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
S/SGT. Kozar, Joseph John⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | MIA |
S/SGT. Ingmire, Merle Ernest⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | MIA |
SGT. Hatton, James Augustine⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | MIA |
CPL. Yeager, George Hallow, Jr⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Reis, Donald Edward, "Sack"⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. McClintick, Julius Eugene⇗ | Flexible Gunner | MIA |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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99⇗ | 1 May 1944 |
Target: Launch Site in Foret Nationale de Tournehem Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Foret Nationale de Tournehem, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑107083⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
100⇗ | 4 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑97201⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, composite high group, 94th CBW. Sortie Report⇗ |
101⇗ | 7 May 1944 |
Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
103⇗ | 8 May 1944 |
Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France |
Pilot | 42‑97081⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Damaged by flak, ditched in the Channel. MACR 4812 Sortie Report⇗ |