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Sgt Richard W Brown
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Sgt Richard W Brown Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Dec 1943
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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Richard entered the service from Missouri

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Rank: Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: 37009828
Division: 534th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

RWG, Canelake crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-5845 'Whale Tail'. Mission #51 to the submarine pens at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1724. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Home: St Joseph, MO

Crew Members:
Leo Canelake SECOND LIEUTENANT, PILOT, CANELAKE CREW
Harry Johnson FLIGHT OFFICER, CO-PILOT, CANELAKE CREW
Jesse Boston SECOND LT, NAVIGATOR, CANELAKE CREW
Paul McDonald SSGT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, TOP TURRET GUNNER, EETG, CANELAKE CREW
Tony Hernandez SSGT, RADIO OPERATOR, CANELAKE CREW
Thomas Phillips SGT, LWG, CANELAKE CREW
Richard Brown SGT, RWG, CANELAKE CREW
John Avrett SSGT | BTG, CANELAKE CREW
Francis Belgrasch SGT, TAIL GUNNER , CANELAKE CREW
Max Cisek, SECOND LIEUTENANT, BOMBARDIER, CANELAKE CREW
Richard entered the service from Missouri

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Rank: Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: 37009828
Division: 534th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

RWG, Canelake crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-5845 'Whale Tail'. Mission #51 to the submarine pens at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1724. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Home: St Joseph, MO

Crew Members:
Leo Canelake SECOND LIEUTENANT, PILOT, CANELAKE CREW
Harry Johnson FLIGHT OFFICER, CO-PILOT, CANELAKE CREW
Jesse Boston SECOND LT, NAVIGATOR, CANELAKE CREW
Paul McDonald SSGT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, TOP TURRET GUNNER, EETG, CANELAKE CREW
Tony Hernandez SSGT, RADIO OPERATOR, CANELAKE CREW
Thomas Phillips SGT, LWG, CANELAKE CREW
Richard Brown SGT, RWG, CANELAKE CREW
John Avrett SSGT | BTG, CANELAKE CREW
Francis Belgrasch SGT, TAIL GUNNER , CANELAKE CREW
Max Cisek, SECOND LIEUTENANT, BOMBARDIER, CANELAKE CREW

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  • Maintained by: Skip Farrow
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288147/richard_w-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt Richard W Brown (unknown–20 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56288147, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Skip Farrow (contributor 47380732).