Benjamin Alan Brown
Military
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UPL 7185
Crew #665
Jessie H. McKnight Crew
B-24J1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Donald Hemingway (CP), Jessie H. McKnight (P), Edwin Martin (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Jack Kasper (FE), Glenn Hill (NG), Ben Buck (WG), Gerald Alport (WG), Frank Bostwick (TG), Ben Brown (R/O)
Completed a 34 mission tour: 6 October 1944 - 31 March 1945
Jessie H. McKnight Crew
B-24J1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Donald Hemingway (CP), Jessie H. McKnight (P), Edwin Martin (N)
Kneeling Left to Right: Jack Kasper (FE), Glenn Hill (NG), Ben Buck (WG), Gerald Alport (WG), Frank Bostwick (TG), Ben Brown (R/O)
Completed a 34 mission tour: 6 October 1944 - 31 March 1945
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823910
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Piot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Seminole County, OK, USA | 3 April 1924 | born in Seminole Co., OK. Native American mother, Annie Augusta FIFE, a Creek Indian and father, Harry Ross BROWN a Seminole Indian. |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 19 May 1943 | Enlisted in Oklahoma City, OK |
Died |
Norman, OK, USA | 7 January 2000 |
Revisions
ContributorMarcia466BG
Changes
Sources
Honorable Discharge Records for Ben A. Brown serial #38405072 at 2525th AAF BU 1 Oct 1945.
ContributorMarcia466BG
Changes
Sources
US Federal Census records 1930 & 1940: SS Application records: WWII Draft Registration and enlistment records (NARA)
ContributorMarcia466BG
Changes
Sources
Burial record - marker has "T SGT US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II / PURPLE HEART" engraved on it. Lilac Hill Memorial Gardens, Moore, Cleveland Co., OK.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p 343