James Cooke Brown
Military
Object Number - UPL 44319 - 1Lt James Cooke Brown, Navigator 369th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group, Alphonse Maresh crew
He was an original crew member. He was the 31st Officer to complete tour on 28 Jul 1943. He transferred out on 30 Jul 1943.
AM 2OLC, DFC,
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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: VIII Bomber Command 1st Bomb Division 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 97th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-17459
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791474
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Service Numbers: O-25217
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Assistant Director of Bombers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers Headquarters (306th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-17007
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-375352
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dixie Demo II
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 369th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Revisions
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
He flew as Navigator with the Alphonse Maresh crew on “Dixie Demo II”
My mother's second husband, from her photo album
306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pictures%2072dpi/T_Maresh%2072%20dpi.jpg / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
