Joseph Edwin Browne
Military
Object Number - UPL 52855 - Capt Joseph E Browne, 401BG.
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 30 missions. Replacement Bombardier for McCord crew.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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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: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26100
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 809029
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot 612 Squadron 401
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Freestone County, TX | 23 November 1918 | |
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Died |
23 January 1988 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK | 26 January 1998 | Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
NARA verified DFC w/1 oak leaf cluster, AM w/3 oak leaf clusters and Officer Number as 0-666620.
General Order 588 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 6 December 1944.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1324
