Gerald R. Brown.
Engineer / Top Turret · 330th Squadron · Of Indianapolis, IN, IN.
The Man Behind the Name
T/Sgt. Gerald R. Brown served as engineer and top turret gunner. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Lois F. Brown, of Advance, Indiana. His home was Indianapolis, Indiana.
Brown was killed by shell fire during the flight before the aircraft crashed. A dead crewmember was found approximately 10 meters from the crash site. The body's identification could not be fixed exactly due to a missing identification tag, but photos on the body were presented to the hospitalized Lt. Gay, who identified the deceased as T/Sgt. Gerald R. Brown of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Brown was buried at the cemetery of Niederschlettenbach, where another crewmember (McCartie) was also later interred. The MACR lists his first name variously as "Harold R." (a clerical error) and "Jerold W." or "Gerald R." in different sections of the document; the German police report and the crew listing page confirm the name as Gerald R. Brown.
Service record.
Missions flown.
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.