Brown, Robert Stanley

Name and Rank, 1st lieutenant Robert Stanley Brown.

Unit/Placed in, 764th Bomber Squadron, 461st Bomber Group (Heavy).

Robert is born on 8 August 1917 in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

Father, John Madison Brown.

Mother, Nellie Marie (Anderson) Brown.

Sister(s), Dorothy Marie Brown.

Robert enlisted the service from Michigan with service number # O-695871.

Robert was a Navigator (B-24) in the 764th Bomber Squadron.

Stanley‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 “Lazy Lady” were,

1^st Lt. Grover F. Mitchell Pilot

2^nd Lt. Herbert H. Hartford Co Pilot

1^st Lt. Walter J. Roeker Bombardier/Engineer

1^st Lt. Robert S. Brown Navigator

SSgt. Donald Robinson Turret Gunner

SSgt. Lynwood C. Harell Nose Gunner

SSgt. Jasper D. Trout Ball Turret Gunner

SSgt. Ira W. Herbert Right Waist Gunner

Sgt. Donald G. Charland Left Waist Gunner

Sgt. John L. Kennedy Tail Gunner

Robert was Killed in Action when he was on a Bomb Mission to the Hermann Goering Tank Factory in Linz, Austria, over the Target they were attacked by enemy fighters and AA, whereby they crashed, on July 25, 1944, and he is honored with the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

The MACR report was too big and bad written for the information, about the Function of the Crew or else.

It stated that the Dead Crewmembers were cremated at Mathausen KZ

And 3 were sent to POW Camp Dulag Luft (Wetzlar) near Frankfurt.

Robert is buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France.

Tablets of the Missing

Thanks to http://www.461st.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJPN-6RY

https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1532479

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker