Merle E BROWN

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

O-728821

AGE

18 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1925

STATE

MINNESOTA

FAMILY

RANK

1^st Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

SQUADRON

410^th Bomb Squadron

GROUP

94^th Bomb Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

29 mai 1943

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Le Vivrais - Mont-Dol (Ille-et-Vilaine)

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-65-BO - s/n 42-29692 GL*R
"Man O War"

b17
Mission: Rennes (35) maritime warehouses
Lift-Off: station 468 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK
Shot down by flak

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James

Map Brittany American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
P	3	5

DECORATION

Purple Heart

Air Medal

94bg stele

Memorial stone of 94^th

Pilot of B-17 42-29692, shot down May 1943.

B-17 42-29692 crashed near Dinard, France after being engaged by enemy aircraft. The majority of the crew resides at the Brittany American Cemetery.

Aside from 1LT Brown, the crew consisted of:
Co-Pilot: Otho Wood, Navigator: Quentin Sandahl, Bombardier: Bill O'Brien, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Willis Dow, Radio Operator: Ralph Johnson, Ball Turret Gunner: Edmond Hamic (Buried in Alabama), Waist Gunner: Steve Ukropen (Buried in Chicago, IL), Tail Gunner: Ambrose Chott (Buried at the Lorraine American Cemetery); Waist Gunner: Chas Gregory (POW)

	B-17 Fortress - type F-65-BO - s/n 42-29692 GLR "Man O War"*
1^st Lieutenant	Merle E BROWN	Pilote	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - P.3.5 O-728821 - AM/PH - Minnesota USA
2^nd Lieutenant	Otho B< WOOD	CoPilote	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - I.15.12 O-735721 - PH - California USA
1^st Lieutenant	Quentin L SANDAHL	Navigateur	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - I.7.12 O-663414 - PH - California USA
1^st Lieutenant	William J O'BRIEN	Bomb	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - I.14.12 O-661656 - AM/PH - Massachusetts USA
T/Sergeant	Willis J DOW	Mec/Mitrailleur	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - K.18.3 39306511 - AM/PH - Oregon USA
S/Sergeant	Ralph E JOHNSON	Radio	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - J.8.10 39082011 - AM/PH - California USA
T/Sergeant	Edmond Martin HAMIC	Mitrailleur	Dead- Cedar Hill Cem. Bessemer, Jefferson Co, Alabama USA - 23 ans Bessemer, Alabama USA - Maried Hilda Matte (Parker) Hamic-Watkins
T/Sergeant	Ambrose A CHOTT	Mitrailleur	Dead- Cim Brit Am St-James (50) - K.17.31 17035421 - AM/PH - Missouri USA
S/Sergeant	Charles J GREGORY	Mitrailleur	Prisoner- 33059106 - Pennsylvania USA - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant	Steve UKROPEN	Mitrailleur	Dead- Montrose Cem. Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois USA Parents: Obran & Katie Ukropen - Chicago, Illinois USA

Memorial stone of the crash of B-17 Fortress fell in Mont Dol (Picture Source : Aerosteles.net)

8^th AIR FORCE

8AIRFORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

1^st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams

1^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General William M. Gross

91^st Bombardment Group (Bassingbourn airfield): Colonel Henry W. Terry

381^st Bombardment Group (Ridgewell airfield): Colonel Harry P. Leber, Jr

398^th Bombardment Group (Nuthampstead airfield): Colonel Frank P. Hunter, Jr

40^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Howard M. Turner

92^nd Bombardment Group (Podington airfield): Colonel William M. Reid

305^th Bombardment Group (Chelveston airfield): Colonel Ernest H. Lawson

306^th Bombardment Group (Thurleigh airfield): Colonel George L. Robinson

41^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Robert F. Travis

303^rd Bombardment Group (Molesworth airfield): Colonel Kermit D. Stevens

379^th Bombardment Group (Kimbolton airfield): Colonel Maurice A. Preston

384^th Bombardment Group (Grafton Underwood airfield): Colonel Dale O. Smith

94^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Julius K. Lacey

351^st Bombardment Group (Polebrook airfield): Colonel Eugene A. Romig

401^st Bombardment Group (Deenethorpe airfield): Colonel Harold W. Bowman

457^th Bombardment Group (Glatton airfield): Colonel James R. Luper

2^nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges

2^nd Bombardment Wing (Hethel airfield): Brigadier General Edward J. Timberlake

389^th Bombardment Group (Hethel airfield): Colonel Robert B. Miller

445^th Bombardment Group (Tibenham airfield): Colonel Robert H. Terrill

453^rd Bombardment Group (Old Buckenham airfield): Colonel Ramsay D. Potts, Jr

14^th Bombardment Wing (Shipdham airfield): Brigadier General Leon W. Johnson

44^th Bombardment Group (Shipdham airfield): Colonel John H. Gibson

392^nd Bombardment Group (Wendling airfield): Colonel Irvine A. Rendle

492^nd Bombardment Group (North Pickenham airfield): Colonel Eugene H. Snavely

20^th Bombardment Wing (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Jack W. Wook

93^rd Bombardment Group (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Leland G. Fiegel

446^th Bombardment Group (Bungay airfield): Colonel Jacob J. Brogger

448^th Bombardment Group (Seething airfield): Colonel Gerry L. Mason

95^th Bombardment Wing (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Frederick R. Dent, Jr

489^th Bombardment Group (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier

491^st Bombardment Group (Metfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Carl T. Goldenburg

96^th Bombardment Wing (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Brigadier General Walter R. Peck

458^th Bombardment Group (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Colonel James H. Isbell

466^th Bombardment Group (Attlebridge airfield): Colonel Arthur Pierce

467^th Bombardment Group (Rackhealth airfield): Lt. Colonel Albert H. Shower

3^rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May

4^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle

94^th Bombardment Group (Bury St. Edmunds airfield): Colonel Charles B. Dougher

385^th Bombardment Group (Great Ashfield airfield): Colonel Elliot Vandevanter

447^th Bombardment Group (Rattlesden airfield): Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr

13^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Colonel Edgar M. Wittan

95^th Bombardment Group (Horham airfield): Colonel Karl Truesdell

100^th Bombardment Group (Thorpe Abbotts airfield): Colonel ^thomas S. Jeffrey

390^th Bombardment Group (Framlingham airfield): Colonel Frederick W. Ott

45^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Archie J. Old Jr

96^th Bombardment Group (Snetterton Heath airfield): Colonel James L. Travis

388^th Bombardment Group (Knettishall airfield): Colonel William B. David

452^nd Bombardment Group (Deopham Green airfield): Colonel Thetus C. Odom

92^nd Bombardment Wing: Colonel Harold Q. Huglin

486^th Bombardment Group (Sudbury airfield): Colonel Glendon P. Overing

487^th Bombardment Group (Lavenham airfield): Colonel Robert Taylor III

93^rd Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General John K. Gerhart

34^th Bombardment Group (Mendlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Ernest F. Wackwitz, Jr

490^th Bombardment Group (Eye airfield): Colonel Lloyd H. Watnee

493^rd Bombardment Group (Debach airfield): Colonel Elbert Helton

VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner

65^th Fighter Wing (Saffron Walden airfield): Brigadier General Jesse Auton

4^th Fighter Group (Debden airfield): Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee

56^th Fighter Group (Boxted airfield): Colonel Hubert A. Zemke

355^th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden airfield): Colonel William J. Cummings, Jr

356^th Fighter Group (Martlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Philip E. Tukey, Jr

479^th Fighter Group (Wattisham airfield): Lt. Colonel Kyle L. Riddle

66^th Fighter Wing (Sawston airfield): Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury

55^th Fighter Group (Wormingford airfield): Colonel George T. Crowell

78^th Fighter Group (Duxford airfield): Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr

339^th Fighter Group (Fowlmere airfield): Colonel Hohn B. Henry Jr

353^rd Fighter Group (Raydon airfield): Colonel Glenn E. Duncan

357^th Fighter Group (Leiston airfield): Colonel Donald W. Graham

67^th Fighter Wing (Walcot Hall): Brigadier General Edward W. Anderson

20^th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe airfield): Lt. Colonel Harold Rau

352^nd Fighter Group (Bodney airfield): Colonel Joe L. Mason

359^th Fighter Group (East Wretham airfield): Colonel Avelin P. Tacon, Jr

361^st Fighter Group (Bottisham airfield): Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, Jr

364^th Fighter Group (Honington airfield): Colonel Roy W. Osborn

Source Information

Americandday.org

INFORMATION SOURCES	Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com
PICTURE SOURCE	Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMER	Frédéric & Renaud

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