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| USN USS Enterprise (CV-6) VF-20  USN c1943 |
Pilot Lt(jg) Harry D. Brown, 0-278232 USNR (MIA / KIA) New York, NY Crashed September 6, 1944 Aircraft History Built by Grumman as model G-50 in Bethpage, New York. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as F6F-5 Hellcat bureau number 58471. Wartime History Assigned Fighting Squadron 20 (VF-20) aboard to USS Enterprise (CV-6). No known nickname, nose art or markings. Mission History On September 6, 1944 launched form USS Enterprise (CV-6) piloted by Lt(jg) Harry D. Brown on a mission over Colonia on Yap Island. Over the target hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. When this plane failed to return listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Also lost in a midair colliosn was F6F Hellcat 58675 pilot Ensign Joseph E. Cox (MIA) and F6F Hellcat 58713 pilot Ensign Howard A. Holding (MIA). Memorials Brown was officially declared dead on April 6, 1946. He earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart, posthumously. Brown is memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. References Navy Serial Number Search Results - F6F-5 Hellcat 58471 "58471 (VF-20) lost in raid on Yap Island Sep 6, 1944." USN Overseas Aircraft Loss List September 1944 - F6F-5 Hellcat 58471 MissingAirCrew - F6F-5 Hellcat Crash Site, Yap Island (photos) American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Harry D Brown FindAGrave - LtJG Harry D Brown (photos, tablets of the missing) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated July 30, 2025 |
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