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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Daniel Miller Brown Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 35514148 Killed In Action - Dec 25, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Daniel Miller Brown Airplane Armorer - Gunner, 35514148 Killed In Action - Dec 25, 1944 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 14-Sep-1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Entered Military Service: Date: 30-Sep-1942 At: Cleveland, OH From: Cuyahoga County, Ohio NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 35514148 Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, Plot: sec 10 lot 430 gr 4 (End to End with Russell Brown in 10-429-1) On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
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Sgt Daniel M Brown VETERAN ~ WW II ~ KILLED IN ACTION Daniel M. Brown was born in 1920,in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the son, and only child of Alice M. and Carl R. Brown. He was raised in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and graduated from Lakewood High School in 1938. He attended Hiram College for three years before entering the service on 30 September 1942. He was trained as an aerial gunner, and was assigned to the 9th Air Force; 416th Bomb Group(Light); 668th Bomb Squadron; on board A-20 Havoc Light Bomber Aircraft. Staff Sergeant Daniel M. Brown was Killed In Action on Christmas Day of 1944. Christmas Day, 25 December 1944 9th Air Force; 416th Bomb Group (Light); 668th Bomb Squadron A/C: A20-J15 Havoc; Serial #: 43-21717; MACR #: 11668; On a Bombing Mission on the Ahutte Railhead at Losheim, Germany, Airplane hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire (FLAK); Airplane was seen spinning straight down to the ground with the left wing shot off; one parachute seen. Plane crashed before reaching the target, near Losheim,Germany. All 4 crew members were Killed In Action. Pilot: Capt. Richard B. Prentiss ~ O-789200 ~ Burlington, Chittenden County, VT Bomb/Nav: 1Lt. Francis H. Bursiel ~ O-749718 ~ Whitman, Essex County, MA Armorer-Gunner: SSgt. Daniel M. Brown ~ 35514148 ~ Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OH Armorer-Gunner: Sgt. Alvin O. Wylie ~ 13170122 ~ New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA Extracted from Find A Grave.com |
SSgt Daniel M. Brown was flying as turret gunner with Captain Prentiss (P) and Lt. Burseil (BN) in the lead ship of Box I on Christmas Day, 1944. The target was Hillsheim, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. Sergeant Brown had recently written home that he had been named gunner's chief of the 668th. This was his 50th and would have been his last mission. The flight took heavy flak with all three of the lead planes going down without survivors. Sergeant Brown was a graduate of the high school class of 1938 at Lakewood, Ohio.
See also MACR 11668 and Mission # 177
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