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Contact Info
Home Town San Fernando, CA
Last Address Littleton, CO
Date of Passing Jul 04, 1996
Location of Interment Fort Logan National Cemetery (VA) - Denver, Colorado
TSgt. Brown served as a flight engineer with the 783rd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 465th Bombardment Group (Heavy, 15th Air Force, flying out of Pantanella Airfield, Italy flying missions aboard a B-24 aircraft. His unit had arrived on station in April 1944.
On 16 February 1945, the mission of the day was to bomb Regensberg Airdrome. TSgt. Brown's B-24 (tail number 42-51871) was hit by FLAK, causing an explosion on board. It came down 1 km east of Haselbach and 15 km north of Straubling, Germany. He and SSgt. Allen Honey managed to parachute from the aircraft following an initial explosion on board, both were wounded. The rother seven crewmen perished in the crash.
Sgt. Brown was captured at Neukirchen Haggn near Steinberg, Lower Bavaria according to the German capture documents. Also captured was SSgt. Allen Honey, captured near Mitterfels, They were transferred to Stalag VIII, Nuernberg.
Crew:
2nd Lt. William B. Lyon, Pilot, (KIA), Oakland, California
2nd Lt. William D. WIne, Co-Pilot, (KIA), Flushing, New York
2nd Lt. Leslie P. Turner, Navigator, (KIA), Atlanta, Georgia
SSgt. Owrie V. Brown, Flight Engineer, (POW), Pasedena, California
SSgt. Charles A. Mangan, Radio Operator, (KIA), Missouri, Montana
SSgt. Raymond J. Collins, Armorer/Gunner Nose Turret, (KIA) West New York, New Jersey
SSgt. Allen A. Honey, Armorer/Gunner, (POW), Vancouver, B.C.
Sgt. David L. Busch, Armorer/Gunner, (KIA), Butte, Montana
Sgt. Herbert M. Gatling, Tail Gunner, (KIA), Portsmouth, Virginia
