George Scratchley Brown Jr
Military
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UPL 40651
Capt. Walter Stewart, Salt Lake City, Utah, command pilot of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bomber, Bomerang, which completed 53 missions in the European Theatre of Operations, receives a cake from Miss Rachel Homer, American Red Cross worker, prior to departure to the United States. At the right is Lt. Col. George S Brown Jr, an officer at the Liberator's base at Hardwicke, England. 4 April 1944.
Aircraft names changed from all capital letters for reading and clarity. - Kickapoo
George Scratchley Brown took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing mission to Ploesti, Romania, flying the B-2D Liberator, 41-23682.
He was later promoted to Four Star General and served with Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and also served in Vietnam.
He died on December 5th, 1978.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2044436
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Assistant Group Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Blasted Event
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Montclair, New Jersey | 17 August 1918 | |
Died |
5 December 1978 | Died of natural causes on Dec 5, 1978. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45