Samuel Jesse Brown (October 3, 1917 – August 23, 1990) was a
fighter pilot
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and a major in the
United States Air Forces
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during World War II.
307th Fighter Squadron
Brown commanded the
307th Fighter Squadron
The 307th Fighter Squadron is a McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle unit and is part of Air Force Reserve Command's 414th Fighter Group stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
The mission of the 307 FS is to assist the 4th ...
of the
31st Fighter Group
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Mathematics
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between May and September 1944.
He shot down 15.5 aircraft between April 17 and July 26, 1944.
He received the Distinguished Service for attacking a formation of 50 German fighters near
Vienna, Austria
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that were preparing to attack a formation of
15th Air Force
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bombers near Vienna. During the subsequent aerial combat that followed, Brown shot down four of the planes and damaged two others.
See also
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Harrison Thyng
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1917 births
1990 deaths
United States Army Air Forces officers
United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Recipients of the Silver Star
Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
People from Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Military personnel from Oklahoma
Aviators from Oklahoma
Burials at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery