词条 | Samuel J. Brown |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Samuel Jesse Brown | honorific_suffix = | image = Maj Samuel Brown 31st FG.jpg | image_upright = | alt = Major Samuel Jesse Brown of the 309th Fighter Squadron 31st Fighter Group in P-51D Mustang (44-13464) Coded MX A | caption = Major Samuel Jesse Brown of the 309th Fighter Squadron | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|10|03}} | birth_place = Bartlesville, Oklahoma | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|08|23|1917|10|03}} | death_place = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery | placeofburial_coordinates = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army Air Forces | serviceyears = | serviceyears_label = | rank = Major | rank_label = | servicenumber = 0-431846 | unit = 31st Fighter Group | commands = 307th Fighter Squadron | battles_label = | battles = World War II | awards =Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star | memorials = }}Samuel Jesse Brown (October 3, 1917 – August 23, 1990) was a fighter pilot and a major in the United States Air Forces during World War II.[1][2] 307th Fighter SquadronBrown commanded the 307th Fighter Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group between May and September 1944. He shot down 15.5 aircraft between April 17 and July 26, 1944.[3] He received the Distinguished Service for attacking a formation of 50 German fighters near Vienna, Austria that were preparing to attack a formation of 15th Air Force bombers near Vienna. During the subsequent aerial combat that followed, Brown shot down four of the planes and damaged two others. See also
References1. ^{{cite book|author=George Loving|title=Woodbine Red Leader: A P-51 Mustang Ace in the Mediterranean Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rcwYhh_yNeIC&pg=PA67|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-41778-7|pages=67–}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Wallace E. Anderson|title=A History of the 308th Fighter Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfmpNwAACAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Northern Michigan University}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Eric Hammel|title=Air War Europa: Chronology: America's Air War Against Germany In Europe and North Africa, 1942 - 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfGymZ2Jfb8C&pg=PA346|date=22 January 2010|publisher=Pacifica Military History|isbn=978-1-890988-09-8|pages=346–}} External links
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